WordTaiwan frequency #28,346
東倒西歪
ㄉㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˇ ㄒㄧ ㄨㄞ
“staggering and swaying unsteadily; tottering as if about to fall; scattered and disordered”
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東
ㄉㄨㄥ
The direction east; the place where the sun rises; host or landlord; a surname.
倒
ㄉㄠˇ
To fall or collapse; to lie down; to fail or go bankrupt; to invert or place upside down; to pour out or dump; to change or switch; but or yet; to resell at a profit.
西
ㄒㄧ
The west; west-facing; western countries, especially in Europe and America; abbr. for Spain.
歪
ㄨㄞ
Askew; at a crooked angle; not straight; to lean or lie on one's side; to sprain (especially in Taiwan).
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Words sharing these characters
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- 東西ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧthing; stuff; object; person (used in casual speech); east and west; from east to west
- 台東ㄊㄞˊ ㄉㄨㄥTaitung; a city and county in southeastern Taiwan.
- 西方ㄒㄧ ㄈㄤthe west; the western direction; Western countries; the Occident; in Buddhism, the Western Pure Land (paradise); a rare compound surname
- 屏東ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥPingtung; a city, county, and military airbase in southern Taiwan.
- 東京ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥTokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period); historically also Luoyang (Han dynasty) or Kaifeng (Song dynasty).
- 東方ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤeast; the direction of the sunrise; the Orient; a general term for Asia; a compound surname.
- 西元ㄒㄧ ㄩㄢˊWestern calendar era; Anno Domini; Gregorian calendar year numbering used in Taiwan.
- 股東ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥshareholder; stockholder; a person who owns shares in a company
- 倒是ㄉㄠˇ ㄕˋcontrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you
- 東南亞ㄉㄨㄥ ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄚˋSoutheast Asia; the region comprising Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and East Timor.
- 西班牙ㄒㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄧㄚˊSpain; a country in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
- 馬來西亞ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋMalaysia; a Southeast Asian country on the Malay Peninsula and Borneo