Meaning of 歪
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wāi
- askew
- at a crooked angle
- devious
- noxious
- (coll.) to lie on one's side
wǎi
- to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
歪 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他的假发歪了。
His wig is skew.
这小女孩如果没人关心的话，就要走上歪路了。
The little girl will go astray if no one cares much about her.
上梁不正下梁歪。
A fish rots from the head down.
Stroke order for each character
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歪 wāi · askew · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 歪.
| 歪曲 | wāiqū | to distort; to misrepresent |
| 爽歪歪 | shuǎngwāiwāi | to feel great; blissful |
Questions about 歪
What does 歪 mean?
歪 (wāi) means "askew; at a crooked angle" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 歪?
歪 is made of 1 character: 歪 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 歪 an HSK word?
Yes. 歪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.