# 歪曲 (wāiqū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 歪曲 (wāiqū) means “to distort; to misrepresent”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to distort; to misrepresent
- Pinyin: wāiqū (wai1 qu1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这篇报道歪曲了事实真相。
  Zhè piān bàodào wāiqū le shìshí zhēnxiàng.
  This report distorted the truth of the matter.

## Characters

- [歪](https://hanziro.com/word/wai-crooked/) (wāi): crooked; askew
- [曲](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-tune/) (qǔ): tune; melody

https://hanziro.com/word/wai-qu-distort/

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