邪乎

Mandarin · pinyin xié hu

Meanings

  1. extraordinary
  2. severe
  3. exaggerated
  4. overstated
  5. fantastic
  6. incredible
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邪
xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
乎
hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
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2–5 · xie2 hu5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ce4 fu4

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adj

  1. (colloquial) abnormal; unusual
  2. (colloquial) extraordinary; fantastic; incredible

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