歪 wāi

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Traditional form

歪 wāi

Contains the radical

止 zhǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Not 不 bù straight 正 zhēng

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱不正

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杂草 zá cǎo 丛中零零落落地 de 歪 wāi 着 zhāo 几 jī 所 suǒ 棚屋.

A few shanties sprawl in the weeds.

他 tā 的 de 报告 bàogào 受到 shòudào 攻击 gōngjī ,被 bèi 指 zhǐ 为 wéi 严重 yánzhòng 歪曲 wāiqū 事实 shìshí .

His report was attacked as a gross distortion of the truth.

可是 kěshì 只 zhǐ 消鱼稍微 shāowēi 歪 wāi 一 yī 歪 wāi ,就 jiù 能 Néng 把 bǎ 钓索绷 běng 断 duàn .

But with one small lurch he could break it.

桶 tǒng 歪 wāi 了 le , 牛奶 niúnǎi 泼 pō 了一地 de .

The bucket tipped up, pouring milk all over the floor.

正理一 yī 条 tiáo 胜过 shèng guò 歪理 wāi lǐ 十八 shí bā 条 tiáo .

One good argument weighs down eighteen bad ones.

Explore 17 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 歪 wāi in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
歪 wāi	askew	歪 wāi
歪曲 wāiqū	to distort	歪曲 wāiqū
歪风 wāi fēng	unhealthy trend	歪風
歪理 wāi lǐ	fallacious reasoning	歪理 wāi lǐ
东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi	to sway	東倒西歪
歪斜 wāi xié	crooked	歪斜 wāi xié
腻歪 nì wai	lovey-dovey	膩歪
歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ	crooked	歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ
歪风邪气 wāi fēng xié qì	noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends	歪風邪氣
歪打正着 wāi dǎ zhèng zháo	to succeed by a lucky stroke	歪打正著
歪门邪道 wāi mén xié dào	dishonest practices	歪門邪道
歪歪斜斜 wāi wāi xié xié	shuddering	歪歪斜斜 wāi wāi xié xié
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi	lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices	上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
口眼歪斜 kǒu yǎn wāi xié	facial nerve paralysis	口眼歪斜 kǒu yǎn wāi xié
邪门歪道 xié mén wāi dào	crooked methods	邪門歪道
七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi	misshapen	七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi
病病歪歪 bìng bing wāi wāi	sick and weak	病病歪歪 bìng bing wāi wāi