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): ㄆㄛ ㄨㄟˊ, ㄆㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po² wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pōwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛ ㄨㄟˊ
    • 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

1. (literary) rather; quite

Synonyms

• 不要太 (bùyàotài) (slang)
• 十分 (shífēn)
• 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)