跩

跩	U+8DE9, 跩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DE9

← 跨
[U+8DE8]

CJK Unified Ideographs

跪 →
[U+8DEA]

Translingual

Han character

跩 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一中田心 (RMLWP), four-corner 6510₆, composition ⿰𧾷曳)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1225, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37515
Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3702, character 3
Unihan data for U+8DE9

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		跩
alternative forms		扭拽 (to act pretentiously)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuǎi (zhuai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄞˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuǎi
  - Wade–Giles: chuai³
  - Yale: jwǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joai
  - Palladius: чжуай (čžuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jai⁶
  - Yale: yaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐi̯²²/

Definitions

跩

(dialectal) to walk with an unsteady gait; to waddle
to act pretentiously; to show off; to be arrogant, cocky, self-confident, cool, stylish, etc.
- 「你很跩嘛！」男自誇惹友不滿聚餐變打架 [MSC, trad.]
  「你很跩嘛！」男自夸惹友不满聚餐变打架 [MSC, simp.]
  From: [1]
  “Nǐ hěn zhuǎi ma!” Nán zìkuā rě yǒu bùmǎn jùcān biàn dǎjià [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- S 屬性爆發！他巧遇真人版「壞皇后」暗黑氣場跩到讓人瘋癲 [MSC, trad.]
  S 属性爆发！他巧遇真人版「坏皇后」暗黑气场跩到让人疯癫 [MSC, simp.]
  From: [2]
  S shǔxìng bàofā! Tā qiǎoyù zhēnrén bǎn “huài huánghòu” ànhēi qìchǎng zhuǎi dào ràng rén fēngdiān [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 高以翔畢業鮮肉照曝光！　跩酷放電「粉絲集體被帥死」 [MSC, trad.]
  高以翔毕业鲜肉照曝光！　跩酷放电「粉丝集体被帅死」 [MSC, simp.]
  From: [3]
  Gāo Yǐxiáng bìyè xiānròu zhào pùguāng!, Zhuǎi kù fàngdiàn “fěnsī jítǐ bèi shuài sǐ” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		跩
alternative forms		斜

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoa̍h / choa̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tshua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhoah
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tsua̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoah
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suaʔ⁴/

Definitions

跩

(Hokkien) crooked; askew; aslant
(Taiwanese Hokkien) neither parallel nor perpendicular (especially of a diagonal line segment)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to slant; to be inclined; to be askew

Compounds

跩尾羅仔 / 跩尾罗仔

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 跩 – see 膗 (“to sprain; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 膗).

References

“跩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.