# 歪 (wāi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 歪 (wāi) means “crooked; askew; slanted”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: crooked; askew; slanted
- Pinyin: wāi (wai1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Other readings: wǎi — to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)

## Examples

- 墙上的画挂歪了，我们把它扶正吧。
  Qiáng shàng de huà guà wāi le, wǒmen bǎ tā fú zhèng ba.
  The picture on the wall is crooked; let's straighten it.

https://hanziro.com/word/wai-crooked/

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