彆扭

Chinese

		contrary; difficult; awkward	to turn; to twist; to grab to turn; to twist; to grab; to wring
trad. (彆扭/別扭)		彆/別	扭
simp. (别扭)		别	扭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bièniu, bièniǔ, biéniǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄡ, ㄅㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄧㄡˇ, ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bit³ nau², bit³ nau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pia̍t-liú / piat-niú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bièniu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄋㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biènio̊u
    • Wade–Giles: pieh⁴-niu⁵
    • Yale: byè-nyou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bieh.niou
    • Palladius: беню (benju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bièniǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˋ ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bièniǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pieh⁴-niu³
    • Yale: byè-nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biehneou
    • Palladius: беню (benju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biéniǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biéniǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pieh²-niu³
    • Yale: byé-nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byeneou
    • Palladius: беню (benju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛ³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bit³ nau², bit³ nau⁵
    • Yale: bit náu, bit náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bit⁸ nau², bit⁸ nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bid³ neo², bid³ neo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːt̚³ nɐu̯³⁵/, /piːt̚³ nɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pia̍t-liú
    • Tâi-lô: pia̍t-liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piadliuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛt̚²⁴⁻² liu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piat-niú
    • Tâi-lô: piat-niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piatniuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɛt̚³²⁻⁵ niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛt̚³²⁻⁴ niũ⁵³/

Adjective

彆扭

1. uncomfortable; not going as one wishes
2. unable to see eye-to-eye
3. unnatural; awkward (in speech, writing, etc.)

   這一段有點兒彆扭，把它修改一下吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   这一段有点儿别扭，把它修改一下吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè yī duàn yǒudiǎnr bièniu, bǎ tā xiūgǎi yīxià ba. [Pinyin]

   This paragraph is a little awkward. Try to fix it.

4. difficult; stubborn; disagreeable (of a personality)
5. reserved; shy; awkward; uneasy

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 礙虐／碍虐 (gāi-gio̍h), 更桀

Derived terms

• 鬧彆扭／闹别扭