稀奇

• 拼音: xī qí
• 汉字拆解: 稀 = 禾 + 希 (grain + scarce); 奇 = 大 + 可 (large + possible — unusual, remarkable)

含义

Strange and rare; curious; unusual; novel. Describes something uncommon enough to arouse curiosity or wonder.

Similar to 稀罕 but leans more toward the sense of novelty and curiosity rather than preciousness. Often used with 古怪 (odd/eccentric) as the compound 稀奇古怪. Common in spoken and informal written Chinese.

例句

1. 网络时代什么稀奇事都有，今天的新鲜事到明天可能就已无人关注。
2. 这家博物馆专门收藏各地的稀奇物件，让参观者大开眼界。
3. 老人见多识广，觉得世上没有什么真正稀奇的事，不过是换了种形式罢了。

用法指南

语境: everyday, curiosity, storytelling, folk speech

语气: light

正确说法

• 走遍大半个中国后，他在游记里说，面对各地稀奇风土，他已很难再真正惊讶。(After travelling across much of China, he wrote in his travelogue that he could hardly be truly surprised by any local customs anymore.)
• 许多城市居民初次听地方戏曲时，常觉得唱腔和程式稀奇古怪，其实只是文化陌生，不是传统艺术有缺陷。(Many urban residents, when first hearing regional opera, find its singing style and conventions oddly strange; in fact, that is only cultural unfamiliarity, not a defect in traditional art.)

错误说法

• 稀奇 to express genuine admiration or high praise — use 难得 or 了不起 instead; 稀奇 conveys an element of oddness or novelty and can subtly imply the subject is out of the ordinary in a way that is not always flattering

起源与历史

稀 (sparse, rare) + 奇 (strange, remarkable) — together meaning something so rare it seems strange or wondrous; 奇 = 大 + 可 (large + possible — something remarkably possible, hence strange)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal