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扭曲

扭曲

Chinese

		to turn; to twist; to grab to turn; to twist; to grab; to wring	tune; song; bent tune; song; bent; crooked; wrong
simp. and trad. (扭曲)		扭	曲

Verb

扭曲

to distort

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): niǔqū

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² ****¹
Min Nan (POJ): niú-khiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: niǔqū
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neouchiu
  - IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nau² ****¹
  - Yale: náu kūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nau² ****⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ kʰʊk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niú-khiok
  - Tâi-lô: niú-khiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niw'qiog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /niu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/