zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

東倒西歪

简 东倒西歪 · 繁 東倒西歪
Mandarin · pinyin dōng dǎo xī wāi

Meanings

  1. to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
  2. to sway
  3. (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

東
dōng · east, eastern, eastward
倒
dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
西
xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
歪
wāi · slant; inclined; askew, awry
东
dōng · east, eastern, eastward
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 東倒西歪 ↗Words written with 東 ↗Words written with 倒 ↗Words written with 西 ↗Words written with 歪 ↗Words written with 东 ↗

Mandarin tones

1–3–1–1 · dong1 dao3 xi1 wai1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

dung1 dou2 sai1 waai1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

東倒西歪 · dong1 dao3 xi1 wai1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 56,292
Original dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & transformation details
Exact source record東倒西歪 东倒西歪 [dong1 dao3 xi1 wai1] /to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)/to sway/(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle/