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歪

wāi
HSK 7freq #5307

Meanings

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wāi
  1. 1.askew
  2. 2.at a crooked angle
  3. 3.devious
  4. 4.noxious
  5. 5.(coll.) to lie on one's side
wǎi
  1. 1.to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided
  2. 2.crooked; perverse; improper; evil
  3. 3.fierce; malicious; overbearing
  4. 4.stingy; miserly
  5. 5.ugly
  6. 6.inferior; bad; fake
  7. 7.unreliable; deceiving
  8. 8.slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided; distorted

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Etymology

Originally written as 竵. In its current form, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 不 (“not”) + 正 (“straight; proper”).

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Components

歪不正

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

一溜歪斜七扭八歪七歪八倒七歪八扭上樑不正下樑歪上梁不正下梁歪仄歪側歪侧歪口乖心歪喪聲歪氣丧声歪气多歪多妒掉歪揣歪揣歪捏怪敧歪斜歪斜頭歪腦斜头歪脑晌午歪東倒西歪东倒西歪東歪西倒东歪西倒機歪机歪歪ㄈㄞˋ歪七扭八歪七豎八

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Related words

歪曲 to distort歪嘴 twisted mouth乐歪 to be thrilled带歪 (coll.) to lead astray腻歪 (of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey歪风 unhealthy trend歪理 fallacious reasoning弄歪 to distort歪斜 crooked歪点子 illegal device歪果仁 (slang) foreigner (pun on 外国人[wài guó rén])爽歪了 (slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick