頗為

See also: 颇为

Chinese

		quite; rather; uneven quite; rather; uneven; sloping	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (頗為/頗爲)		頗	為/爲
simp. (颇为)		颇	为

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pōwéi, pǒwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛㄨㄟˊ, ㄆㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po² wai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pōwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: powéi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo¹-wei²
  - Yale: pwō-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: powei
  - Palladius: повэй (povɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǒwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǒwéi
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo³-wei²
  - Yale: pwǒ-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poowei
  - Palladius: повэй (povɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po² wai⁴
  - Yale: pó wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po² wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: po² wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹/

Adverb

頗為

(literary) rather; quite

Synonyms

不要太 (bùyàotài) (slang)
十分 (shífēn)
危險 / 危险 (Wu)
壞 / 坏 (huài)
孔 (kǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
很 (hěn)
極其 / 极其 (jíqí)
極度 / 极度 (jídù)
極為 / 极为 (jíwéi)
極端 / 极端 (jíduān)
滾 / 滚 (gǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
異常 / 异常 (yìcháng)
老大 (lǎodà) (colloquial, usually in the negative)
良
超 (chāo)
非常 (fēicháng)
頗 / 颇 (pō) (literary)