Keyword
askew
- slanted
- awry
- Frequency
- #2368
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
wāi
Mnemonic
Not 不 straight 正
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
歪
askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
歪曲
to distort; to misrepresent
歪风
unhealthy trend; noxious influence
歪理
fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
东倒西歪
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway; (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
歪斜
crooked; askew; oblique; slanting; out of plumb
歪门邪道
dishonest practices
爽歪歪
to feel great; blissful; to be in bliss
歪风邪气
noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
歪打正着
to succeed by a lucky stroke
歪歪扭扭
crooked; askew
歪嘴
twisted mouth; wry mouth
歪歪斜斜
shuddering; trembling; a trembling scrawl (of handwriting)
上梁不正下梁歪
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
腻歪
(of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey; tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of 腻味 (nìwei))
口眼歪斜
facial nerve paralysis