歪
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askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 止 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 歪
- Common rank
- #1,962
- Unicode
- U+6B6A
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Words with 歪
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上梁不正下梁歪 | lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subor… | |
| 东倒西歪 | to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway; (of buildings etc) to lean at a cra… | |
| 歪打正着 | to succeed by a lucky stroke | |
| 歪点子 | illegal device; devious; crooked | |
| 脚正不怕鞋歪 | lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe; an upright man is not afraid of gossip… | |
| 口眼歪斜 | facial nerve paralysis | |
| 歪风邪气 | noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends | |
| 歪门邪道 | dishonest practices | |
| 邪门歪道 | lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty | |
| 歪果仁 | (slang) foreigner (pun on 外國人|外国人[wai4 guo2 ren2]) | |
| 歪风 | unhealthy trend; noxious influence | |
| 歪理 | fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument | |
| 病病歪歪 | sick and weak; feeble and listless | |
| 乐歪 | to be thrilled; (of sb's mouth) to form a grin | |
| 歪嘴 | twisted mouth; wry mouth | |
| 带歪 | (coll.) to lead astray | |
| 歪曲 | to distort; to misrepresent | |
| 七扭八歪 | misshapen; crooked; uneven (idiom) | |
| 爽歪了 | (slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick | |
| 歪瓜裂枣 | ugly; repulsive |