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跩

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎi

to waddle
to swagger
(coll.) strutting
self-satisfied

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3 · zhuai3

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jai6

Cantonese word readings for 跩. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(dialectal) to walk with an unsteady gait; to waddle
to act pretentiously; to show off; to be arrogant, cocky, self-confident, cool, stylish, etc.

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) crooked; askew; aslant
(Taiwanese Hokkien) neither parallel nor perpendicular (especially of a diagonal line segment)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to slant; to be inclined; to be askew

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