歪歪斜斜

Chinese

Etymology 1

		askew	askew	slanting	slanting
simp. and trad. (歪歪斜斜)		歪	歪	斜	斜
AABB-type reduplication of 歪斜 (wāixié).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāiwāixiéxié

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞ ㄨㄞ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai¹ waai¹ ce⁴ ce⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāiwāixiéxié
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ ㄨㄞ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waiwaisiésié
    • Wade–Giles: wai¹-wai¹-hsieh²-hsieh²
    • Yale: wāi-wāi-syé-syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaiuaishyeshye
    • Palladius: вайвайсесе (vajvajsese)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ waɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai¹ waai¹ ce⁴ ce⁴
    • Yale: wāai wāai chèh chèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai¹ waai¹ tse⁴ tse⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai¹ wai¹ cé⁴ cé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯⁵⁵ waːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹ t͡sʰɛː²¹/

Adjective

歪歪斜斜

1. not upright; leaning in different directions

Etymology 2

		askew	askew	slanting	slanting
simp. and trad. (歪歪斜斜)		歪	歪	斜	斜
AABB-type reduplication of 歪斜.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): me² me² ce³ ce³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: me² me² ce³ ce³
    • Yale: mé mé che che
    • Cantonese Pinyin: me² me² tse³ tse³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mé² mé² cé³ cé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛː³⁵ mɛː³⁵ t͡sʰɛː³³ t͡sʰɛː³³/

Adjective

歪歪斜斜

1. (Cantonese) not upright; leaning in different directions