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): ㄨㄞ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ ㄅㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai¹ cat¹ syu⁶ baat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāiqīshùbā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ ㄑㄧ ㄕㄨˋ 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

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

Synonyms

• 東倒西歪／东倒西歪
• 七扭八歪