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歪
wāi
1. askew
2. at a crooked angle
3. devious
4. noxious
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

歪
wāi
slanted, askew, awry
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

弄歪
nòngwāi
to distort
歪嘴
wāizuǐ
twisted mouth
歪斜
wāixié
crooked
歪曲
wāiqū
to distort
HSK 6
歪理
wāilǐ
fallacious reasoning
歪风
wāifēng
unhealthy trend
腻歪
nìwai
see [[膩味|腻味<nìwei>]]
歪点子
wāidiǎnzi
illegal device
爽歪歪
shuǎngwāiwāi
to feel great
七扭八歪
qīniǔbāwāi
in a state of great disorder (idiom)
口眼歪斜
kǒuyǎnwāixié
facial nerve paralysis
哩溜歪斜
līliūwāixié
crooked
东倒西歪
dōngdǎoxīwāi
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway
歪打正着
wāidǎzhèngzháo
to succeed by a lucky stroke
歪歪扭扭
wāiwāiniǔniǔ
crooked
歪歪斜斜
wāiwāixiéxié
shuddering
歪瓜劣枣
wāiguālièzǎo
ugly
歪瓜裂枣
wāiguālièzǎo
ugly
歪门邪道
wāiménxiédào
dishonest practices
歪风邪气
wāifēngxiéqì
noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,238
Word Frequency Rank
4,711 of 84,292

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