Usage of the character 奇

(loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning

qíjì

奇迹

[奇跡]

miracle
miraculous
wonder
marvel

qílǎn

奇览

[奇覽]

singular excursion
off the beaten track

Gǔqí

古奇

[古奇]

Gucci (brand)

qíjì

奇技

[奇技]

brilliant skill
uncanny feat

qíxí

奇袭

[奇襲]

surprise attack
raid

qíxiào

奇效

[奇效]

wondrous effect
marvelous efficacy

hàoqí

好奇

[好奇]

inquisitive
curious
inquisitiveness
curiosity

Qítái

奇台

[奇台]

Qitai county or Guchung nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

qíjué

奇谲

[奇譎]

strange and deceitful
sly
treacherous

qítè

奇特

[奇特]

peculiar
unusual
queer

qíquē

奇缺

[奇缺]

very short of (food, clean water etc)
extreme shortage
deficit

qíchǒu

奇丑

[奇醜]

grotesque
extremely ugly
hideous

xīqí

西奇

[西奇]

sygyt (overtone singing)

qítán

奇谈

[奇談]

odd story
exotic tale
fig. ridiculous argument

qíshì

奇士

[奇士]

odd person
an eccentric

qíhuò

奇祸

[奇禍]

unexpected calamity
sudden disaster

qícǎi

奇彩

[奇彩]

unexpected splendour

chuánqí

传奇

[傳奇]

legendary
fantasy saga
romance
short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

qícái

奇才

[奇才]

genius

Pèiqí

佩奇

[佩奇]

Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon

Mǐqí

米奇

[米奇]

Mickey or Mitch (name)

qízhēn

奇珍

[奇珍]

a rare treasure
sth priceless and unique

xīqí

希奇

[希奇]

rare
strange

Wéiqí

维奇

[維奇]

Pope Vigilius (in office 537-555)
phonetic -vich or -wich in Russian names

qíjué

奇崛

[奇崛]

strange and prominent

jīxiàn

奇羡

[奇羨]

surplus
profit

qūqí

曲奇

[曲奇]

cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4)

jīshù

奇数

[奇數]

odd number

qíyì

奇异

[奇異]

fantastic
bizarre
odd
exotic
astonished

qíguǐ

奇诡

[奇詭]

strange; queer; intriguing

shénqí

神奇

[神奇]

magical
mystical
miraculous

Dàoqí

道奇

[道奇]

Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC

qíguān

奇观

[奇觀]

spectacle; impressive sight

qíyù

奇遇

[奇遇]

happy encounter
fortuitous meeting
adventure

qíbīng

奇兵

[奇兵]

troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)

jīngqí

惊奇

[驚奇]

to be amazed
to be surprised
to wonder

chūqí

出奇

[出奇]

extraordinary
exceptional
unusual

qíjué

奇绝

[奇絕]

strange
rare
bizarre

jūqí

居奇

[居奇]

to hoard
to speculate
profiteering

qíjǐng

奇景

[奇景]

wonderful scenery
amazing sight
(fig.) marvel

líqí

离奇

[離奇]

odd; bizarre

qíwěi

奇伟

[奇偉]

singular and majestic
strange and grand

xīnqí

辛奇

[辛奇]

kimchi (loanword)

qírén

奇人

[奇人]

an eccentric
odd person
person of extraordinary talent

qíwén

奇文

[奇文]

remarkable or peculiar piece of writing

tànqí

探奇

[探奇]

to seek unusual scenery or places

qípā

奇葩

[奇葩]

exotic flower
(fig.) marvel
prodigy
(slang) weirdo
outlandish

Qíruì

奇瑞

[奇瑞]

Chery (car manufacturer)

qízhì

奇志

[奇志]

high aspiration

qídiǎn

奇点

[奇點]

(astronomy, math.) singularity
also pr. (jīdiǎn)

jī'ǒuxìng

奇偶性

[奇偶性]

parity (odd or even)

Yīlǐqí

伊里奇

[伊里奇]

Ilyich or Illich (name)

Tǎdíqí

塔迪奇

[塔迪奇]

Tadich (name)
Boris Tadić (1958-), Serbian politician, president 2004-2012

huīqíméi

灰奇鹛

[灰奇鶥]

(bird species of China) grey sibia (Heterophasia gracilis)

Lǐqíméng

里奇蒙

[里奇蒙]

Richmond (place name or surname)

Qínǔkè

奇努克

[奇努克]

Chinook (helicopter)

Aì Qíyì

爱奇艺

[愛奇藝]

iQiyi, online video platform based in Beijing, launched in 2010

Aìqíxùn

艾奇逊

[艾奇遜]

Atchison or Acheson (name)
Atchison city on Missouri in Kansas, USA

hàoqíxīn

好奇心

[好奇心]

interest in sth
curiosity
inquisitive

jītílèi

奇蹄类

[奇蹄類]

Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates, such as horses, zebras etc)

Wēiqítuō

威奇托

[威奇托]

Wichita (city in Kansas)

Liú Shàoqí

刘少奇

[劉少奇]

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution

mǎqíduǒ

玛奇朵

[瑪奇朵]

macchiato (loanword)
latte macchiato (coffee)

Ahéqí

阿合奇

[阿合奇]

Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州／克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 ( Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

jītímù

奇蹄目

[奇蹄目]

Perissodactyla
order of odd-toed ungulate (including horse, tapir, rhinoceros)

qíyìbǐ

奇异笔

[奇異筆]

marker (writing instrument)

jīnlǐqí

金里奇

[金里奇]

(Newt) Gingrich

qíyìguǒ

奇异果

[奇異果]

kiwi fruit
Chinese gooseberry

Kǎlāqí

卡拉奇

[卡拉奇]

Karachi (Pakistan)

Hājìqí

哈季奇

[哈季奇]

Goran Hadžić (1958-2016), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal

méngtàiqí

蒙太奇

[蒙太奇]

montage (film) (loanword)

Qíwǎwǎ

奇瓦瓦

[奇瓦瓦]

Chihuahua, Mexico

Qítáixiàn

奇台县

[奇台縣]

Qitai county or Guchung nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州 ( Chāngjí Huízúzìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

jīhánshù

奇函数

[奇函數]

odd function (math.)

hāshìqí

哈士奇

[哈士奇]

husky (sled dog)

Dá· Fēnqí

达·芬奇

[達·芬奇]

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter

pāi'ànjīngqí

拍案惊奇

[拍案驚奇]

to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
amazing!

qíméndùnjiǎ

奇门遁甲

[奇門遁甲]

ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

shuōyěqíguài

说也奇怪

[說也奇怪]

strangely enough
oddly enough
strange to say

bùzúwéiqí

不足为奇

[不足為奇]

not at all surprising (idiom)

Ahéqí Xiàn

阿合奇县

[阿合奇縣]

Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州／克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州 ( Kèzīlèsū Kē'ěrkèzī Zìzhìzhōu), Xinjiang

bái'ěrqíméi

白耳奇鹛

[白耳奇鶥]

(bird species of China) white-eared sibia (Heterophasia auricularis)

qísīmiàoxiǎng

奇思妙想

[奇思妙想]

an unconventional but wonderful idea

dūhuìchuánqí

都会传奇

[都會傳奇]

urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
story or theory circulated as true
same as 都市傳奇／都市传奇

súshìqírén

俗世奇人

[俗世奇人]

Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才／冯骥才 ( Féng Jìcái)

dūshìchuánqí

都市传奇

[都市傳奇]

urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
story or theory circulated as true
same as 都會傳奇／都会传奇

Jiāgédáqí

加格达奇

[加格達奇]

Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區／大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia

hēidǐngqíméi

黑顶奇鹛

[黑頂奇鶥]

(bird species of China) black-headed sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi)

Mǐqí Lǎoshǔ

米奇老鼠

[米奇老鼠]

Mickey Mouse

túnjījūqí

囤积居奇

[囤積居奇]

to hoard and profiteer
to speculate

zhēnqínqíshòu

珍禽奇兽

[珍禽奇獸]

rare animals and birds

qiānqíbǎiguài

千奇百怪

[千奇百怪]

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)

fānkōngchūqí

翻空出奇

[翻空出奇]

to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas

chuánqírénwù

传奇人物

[傳奇人物]

legendary person
legend (i.e. person)

qínéngyìshì

奇能异士

[奇能異士]

extraordinary hero with special abilities
martial arts superhero

Mǔlādíqí

姆拉迪奇

[姆拉迪奇]

Mladić (name)
Ratko Mladić (1942-), army chief of Bosnian Serbs 1965-1996 and convicted war criminal

Ankèléiqí

安克雷奇

[安克雷奇]

Anchorage (city in Alaska)

Wū'ěrgēnqí

乌尔根奇

[烏爾根奇]

Urgench, city in Uzbekistan

Sà'ěrkēqí

萨尔科奇

[薩爾科奇]

Sarkozy (name)
Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), president of France 2007-2012

qíchǒuwúbǐ

奇丑无比

[奇醜無比]

extremely ugly
incomparably hideous

Yángkēwéiqí

扬科维奇

[揚科維奇]

Jankovic
Yankovic
Yankovich
Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

lìbèiqíméi

栗背奇鹛

[栗背奇鶥]

(bird species of China) rufous-backed sibia (Heterophasia annectans)

líqíyǒuqù

离奇有趣

[離奇有趣]

quaint

kǎbùqínuò

卡布奇诺

[卡布奇諾]

cappuccino (loanword)

Mógōng Chuánqí

魔宫传奇

[魔宮傳奇]

The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco

qíchǐdàrǔ

奇耻大辱

[奇恥大辱]

extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)

qíyìkuākè

奇异夸克

[奇異夸克]

strange quark (particle physics)

Bùlǐqídùn

布里奇顿

[布里奇頓]

Bridgetown, capital of Barbados

Sàmǎlánqí

萨马兰奇

[薩馬蘭奇]

Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001

chángwěiqíméi

长尾奇鹛

[長尾奇鶥]

(bird species of China) long-tailed sibia (Heterophasia picaoides)

hēitóuqíméi

黑头奇鹛

[黑頭奇鶥]

(bird species of China) rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata)

qízhēnyìbǎo

奇珍异宝

[奇珍異寶]

rare treasure (idiom)

qíhuāyìhuì

奇花异卉

[奇花異卉]

exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)

lìsèqíméi

丽色奇鹛

[麗色奇鶥]

(bird species of China) beautiful sibia (Heterophasia pulchella)

hǎishàngqíshū

海上奇书

[海上奇書]

literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶／韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular

zézéchēngqí

啧啧称奇

[嘖嘖稱奇]

to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
to be astonished

tūfāqíxiǎng

突发奇想

[突發奇想]

suddenly have a thought (idiom)
suddenly be inspired to do something

qíwéngòngshǎng

奇文共赏

[奇文共賞]

lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
incomprehensible nonsense
preposterous bullshit

qíhuāyìcǎo

奇花异草

[奇花異草]

very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)

Kǎlājīnà

卡拉奇那

[卡拉奇那]

Krajina (former Yugoslavia)

hàoqíshàngyì

好奇尚异

[好奇尚異]

to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)

Kǎlājìjī

卡拉季奇

[卡拉季奇]

Radovan Karadžić (1945-), former Bosnian Serb leader and war criminal

xīqígǔguài

希奇古怪

[希奇古怪]

crazy
bizarre
weird
fantastic
strange

píngdànwúqí

平淡无奇

[平淡無奇]

ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about

Aqílǐsī

阿奇里斯

[阿奇里斯]

Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad

āqíméisù

阿奇霉素

[阿奇霉素]

azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
Zithromax

wúqíbùyǒu

无奇不有

[無奇不有]

nothing is too bizarre
full of extraordinary things

Shénqí Bǎobèi

神奇宝贝

[神奇寶貝]

Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, popular Japanese video game, anime and manga

Hèqípàqí

赫奇帕奇

[赫奇帕奇]

Hufflepuff (Harry Potter)

xīqígǔguài

稀奇古怪

[稀奇古怪]

crazy
bizarre
weird
fantastic
strange

qípāyìhuì

奇葩异卉

[奇葩異卉]

rare and exotic flora (idiom)

qízhuāngyìfú

奇装异服

[奇裝異服]

bizarre dress

qíxíngguàizhuàng

奇形怪状

[奇形怪狀]

fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

qíhuòkějū

奇货可居

[奇貨可居]

rare commodity worth hoarding
object for profiteering

duōduōchēngqí

咄咄称奇

[咄咄稱奇]

to cluck one's tongue in wonder

chūqízhìshèng

出奇制胜

[出奇制勝]

to win by a surprise move

qítánguàilùn

奇谈怪论

[奇談怪論]

strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
unreasonable remarks

diàoguǐjīnqí

吊诡矜奇

[弔詭矜奇]

strange and paradoxical

Kēsàqíbìngdú

柯萨奇病毒

[柯薩奇病毒]

Coxsachie A intestinal virus

kèshāqíbìngdú

克沙奇病毒

[克沙奇病毒]

Coxsackievirus

Aì'ěrmǐtǎjī

艾尔米塔奇

[艾爾米塔奇]

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

Jiāgédáqíqū

加格达奇区

[加格達奇區]

Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區／大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia

Nàníyà Chuánqí

纳尼亚传奇

[納尼亞傳奇]

The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis

kēshāqíbìngdú

柯沙奇病毒

[柯沙奇病毒]

Coxsackievirus

Bǐdéluówéiqí

彼得罗维奇

[彼得羅維奇]

Petrovich (name)

Aláiqíbīngchuān

阿莱奇冰川

[阿萊奇冰川]

Aletsch glacier, Switzerland

Yànǔkēwéiqí

亚努科维奇

[亞努科維奇]

Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician

Mòhuòluòwéiqí

莫霍洛维奇

[莫霍洛維奇]

Andrija Mohorovichich or Mohorovičić (1857-1936), Croatian geologist and seismologist who discovered the Mohorovichich discontinuity or Moho

Kèlàisītèchèqí

克赖斯特彻奇

[克賴斯特徹奇]

Christchurch (New Zealand city)

huàfǔxiǔwéishénqí

化腐朽为神奇

[化腐朽為神奇]

lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)

Chūkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí

初刻拍案惊奇

[初刻拍案驚奇]

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初／凌蒙初 ( Líng Méngchū)

Wǎxīlǐyēwéiqí

瓦西里耶维奇

[瓦西里耶維奇]

Vasilievich (name)

Erkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí

二刻拍案惊奇

[二刻拍案驚奇]

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初／凌蒙初 ( Líng Méngchū)

Shīhuáluòshìqíshuǐjīng

施华洛世奇水晶

[施華洛世奇水晶]

Swarovski crystal

Yéláinuó· Yángkēwéiqí

耶莱娜·扬科维奇

[耶萊娜·揚科維奇]

Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player

Aìlìsī Mànyóu Qíjìng Jì

爱丽丝漫游奇境记

[愛麗絲漫遊奇境記]

Alice in Wonderland

guàirén Aò'ěr· Yángkēwéiqí

怪人奥尔·扬科维奇

[怪人奧爾·揚科維奇]

"Weird Al" Yankovic (1959-), US singer and writer of parody songs

Mòhuòluòwéiqíbùliánxùmiàn

莫霍洛维奇不连续面

[莫霍洛維奇不連續面]

Moho (aka Mohorovičić discontinuity, the lower boundary of the earth's lithosphere)
abbr. to 莫霍面 ( Mòhuòmiàn)

Nán Qiáozhìyàdǎohé Nán Sāngwēiqí

南乔治亚岛和南桑威奇

[南喬治亞島和南桑威奇]

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands