歪七豎八

Chinese

		askew	seven	(straight down character stroke); to erect; vertical	eight
trad. (歪七豎八/歪七竪八)		歪	七	豎/竪	八
simp. (歪七竖八)		歪	七	竖	八

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāiqīshùbā

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞㄑㄧㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waai¹ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāiqīshùbā
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞㄑㄧㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waicishùba
  - Wade–Giles: wai¹-chʻi¹-shu⁴-pa¹
  - Yale: wāi-chī-shù-bā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaichishuhba
  - Palladius: вайцишуба (vajcišuba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ʂu⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waai¹ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³
  - Yale: wāai chāt syuh baat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waai¹ tsat⁷ sy⁶ baat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wai¹ ced¹ xu⁶ bad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ syː²² paːt̚³/

Idiom

歪七豎八

not straight or upright; twisted or slanted in different ways
(figuratively) untidy; unsightly

Synonyms

東倒西歪／东倒西歪
七扭八歪

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