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歪
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- 歪
- wāi · slant; inclined; askew, awry
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1 · wai1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
me2 · waai1
Cantonese word readings for 歪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided
- crooked; perverse; improper; evil
- (Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, Sichuanese) fierce; malicious; overbearing
- (Hakka) stingy; miserly
- (Fujian Hakka) ugly
character · Etymology 2
- (Shanxi, Sichuanese, dialectal Hakka) inferior; bad; fake
- (Sichuanese) unreliable; deceiving
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided; distorted
character · Etymology 4
- (Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided
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