乖謬

Chinese

		(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever	absurd; erroneous
trad. (乖謬)		乖	謬
simp. (乖谬)		乖	谬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāimiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ ㄇㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai¹ mau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāimiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ ㄇㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guaimiòu
    • Wade–Giles: kuai¹-miu⁴
    • Yale: gwāi-myòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaimiow
    • Palladius: гуаймю (guajmju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ mi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai¹ mau⁶
    • Yale: gwāai mauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai¹ mau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai¹ meo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯⁵⁵ mɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kweaj mjiwH

Rime
Character	乖	謬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	皆 (34)	幽 (138)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古懷切	靡幼切
Baxter	kweaj	mjiwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠuɛi/	/miɪuH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷᵚæi/	/mɨuH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɐi/	/mieuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwəɨj/	/mjiwH/
Li Rong	/kuɛi/	/miĕuH/
Wang Li	/kwɐi/	/miəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kwăi/	/mieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guāi	miào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwaai1	mau6

Adjective

乖謬

1. (literary) ridiculous; absurd; preposterous

Synonyms

• 可笑 (kěxiào)
• 好笑 (hǎoxiào)
• 悖謬／悖谬 (bèimiù)
• 荒唐 (huāngtáng)
• 荒誕／荒诞 (huāngdàn)
• 荒謬／荒谬 (huāngmiù)
• 謬妄／谬妄 (miùwàng) (literary)