乖戾

Chinese

		unnatural; strange	do violence; go against
trad. (乖戾)		乖	戾
simp. #(乖戾)		乖	戾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāilì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai¹ leoi⁶, gwaai¹ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koai-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāilì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guailì
    • Wade–Giles: kuai¹-li⁴
    • Yale: gwāi-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guailih
    • Palladius: гуайли (guajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai¹ leoi⁶, gwaai¹ lai⁶
    • Yale: gwāai leuih, gwāai laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai¹ loey⁶, gwaai¹ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai¹ lêu⁶, guai¹ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/, /kʷaːi̯⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koai-lē
    • Tâi-lô: kuai-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koaile
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuai⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai³³ le⁴¹/

Adjective

乖戾

1. perverse (of behaviour); disagreeable (of character)