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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wāi - askew
- at a crooked angle
- devious
- noxious
- (coll.) to lie on one's side
wǎi - to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 4,422 6,194 2,831

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Not 不 straight 正

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 4,422 6,194 2,831
歪曲 6 8 13,575 18,385 28,432
歪理 - - 32,603 46,117 29,973
东倒西歪 - - 36,961 44,159 38,446
歪打正着 - - 42,354 68,735 49,083
上梁不正下梁歪 - - 49,613 83,954 46,905
歪歪扭扭 - - 50,198 57,270 45,993
歪门邪道 - - 58,158 63,573 50,369
歪歪斜斜 - - 64,030 62,243 67,791
歪斜 - - 67,404 49,475 62,601
歪风 - - 95,755 32,909 64,361