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): ㄍㄨㄞㄔㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai¹ cyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāichuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞㄔㄨㄢˇ
  - 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

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

Synonyms

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

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