乖舛

乖舛

Chinese

		(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever	mistaken; erroneous; contradictory
simp. and trad. (乖舛)		乖	舛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāichuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ ㄔㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai¹ cyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāichuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ ㄔㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaichoan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guaichuǎn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai¹ cyun²
    • Yale: gwāai chyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai¹ tsyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai¹ qun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäːi̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰyːn³⁵/

Adjective

乖舛

1. (literary) inconsistent
2. (literary) erroneous; problematic; false; wrong
3. (literary, of life) hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured

Synonyms

• (erroneous): 錯誤／错误 (cuòwù)
• (hard): 坎坷 (kǎnkě)