歪哥

Chinese

		askew	elder brother
simp. and trad. (歪哥)		歪	哥

Etymology

Originally Hokkien.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wāigē

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄞㄍㄜ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vâi-kô
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oai-ko

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wāigē
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄞㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waige
  - Wade–Giles: wai¹-ko¹
  - Yale: wāi-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaige
  - Palladius: вайгэ (vajgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vâi-kô
  - Hakka Romanization System: vai´ go´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vai¹ go¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Magong, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oai-ko
  - Tâi-lô: uai-ko
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oai'koy
  - IPA (Yilan): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /uai⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

歪哥

(Taiwan) to embezzle; to be corrupt

Synonyms

中飽／中饱 (zhōngbǎo)
貪／贪 (tān)
貪污／贪污 (tānwū)
貪墨／贪墨 (tānmò) (literary)
食錢／食钱 (Hokkien)

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