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歪

wāi

HSK 5 Character

What 歪 means

1. askew
2. at a crooked angle
3. devious
4. noxious
5. colloquialto lie on one's side

Other readings

歪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• wǎito sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)

Example sentences

• 他的假发歪了。
  His wig is skew.
• 上梁不正下梁歪。
  Shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi.
  A fish rots from the head down.
• 这小女孩如果没人关心的话，就要走上歪路了。
  Zhè xiáo nǚhái rúguǒ méi rén guānxīn de huà, jiù yào zǒu shàng wāi lù le.
  The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.
• 你不能指望他们认不出你的伪装。那个歪半边的一角店胡子是致命漏洞！
  Nǐ bù néng zhǐwàng tāmen rèn bù chū nǐ de wěizhuāng. nàge wāi bànbiān de yī jiǎo diàn húzi shì zhìmìng lòudòng!
  You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!

Words starting with 歪

• 歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent
• 歪歪扭扭wāi wāi niǔ niǔcrooked; askew
• 歪歪斜斜wāi wāi xié xiéshuddering; trembling; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)
• 歪斜wāi xiécrooked; askew; oblique
• 歪嘴wāi zuǐtwisted mouth; wry mouth
• 歪理wāi lǐfallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
• 歪风wāi fēngunhealthy trend; noxious influence
• 歪果仁wāi guǒ rén(slang) foreigner (pun on 外国人
• 歪点子wāi diǎn ziillegal device; devious; crooked
• 歪打正着wāi dǎ zhèng zháoto succeed by a lucky stroke
• 歪门邪道wāi mén xié dàodishonest practices
• 歪风邪气wāi fēng xié qìnoxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
• 歪瓜裂枣wāi guā liè zǎougly; repulsive

Words containing 歪

• 东倒西歪dōng dǎo xī wāito lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway…
• 带歪dài wāi(colloquial) to lead astray
• 弄歪nòng wāito distort
• 乐歪lè wāito be thrilled; (of sb's mouth) to form a grin
• 爽歪了shuǎng wāi le(slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick
• 爽歪歪shuǎng wāi wāito feel great; blissful; to be in bliss
• 口眼歪斜kǒu yǎn wāi xiéfacial nerve paralysis
• 病病歪歪bìng bing wāi wāisick and weak; feeble and listless
• 邪门歪道xié mén wāi dàolit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty
• 脚正不怕鞋歪jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāilit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe…
• 哩溜歪斜lī liū wāi xiécrooked; deformed; twisted
• 腻歪nì wai(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey; tired of; fed up with…
• 叽叽歪歪jī ji wāi wāi(colloquial) to go on and on (annoyingly); to mouth off; to make a fuss
• 七扭八歪qī niǔ bā wāimisshapen; crooked; uneven (idiom)
• 上梁不正下梁歪shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāilit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom)…
• 唧唧歪歪jī ji wāi wāivariant of 叽叽歪歪

Characters that look like 歪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 录lùto carve wood
• 盈yíngfull; filled; surplus
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 玺xǐruler's seal
• 甭béngcontracted form of 不用
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read wāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呙lopsided; Taiwan pr. kuāi
• 㖞awry (mouth); askew; Taiwan pr. kuāi