歪哥

Chinese

		askew	elder brother
simp. and trad. (歪哥)		歪	哥

Etymology

Originally Min Nan.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wāigē

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞ ㄍㄜ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vâi-kô
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oai-ko

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wāigē
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: waige
    • Wade–Giles: wai¹-ko¹
    • Yale: wāi-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaige
    • Palladius: вайгэ (vajgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vâi-kô
    • Hakka Romanization System: vai´ go´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vai¹ go¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Magong, Tainan, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oai-ko
    • Tâi-lô: uai-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oai'koy
    • IPA (Yilan): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

歪哥

1. (Taiwan) to embezzle; to be corrupt

Synonyms

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• 中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
• 貪／贪 (tān)
• 貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
• 貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)
• 食錢／食钱 (Hokkien)