HSK 6 · Verbs

歪曲 wāiqū “to distort” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 歪曲 means

  1. to distort
  2. to misrepresent

How to say 歪曲

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale歪wāi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale曲qū1st tone, high and level

歪曲 in a sentence

  1. 你歪曲了我的意思。

    Nǐ wāiqū le wǒ de yìsi.

    You’ve twisted my words.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这篇报道歪曲了事实。

    Zhè piān bàodào wāiqū le shìshí.

    This report misrepresents the facts.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 歪曲 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 歪 (wāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
歪wāiaskew
  • 不no · bù
  • 正straight · zhēng
The character 曲 (qū) with each of its parts in a different colour
曲qūbent
  • 曰say · yuē
  • 丨line · gǔn
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 歪曲

歪 9 strokes · 曲 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

歪曲 (wāiqū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 歪曲 (wāiqū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 歪曲

Words with 歪

歪wāi · askew

Words with 曲

曲折qūzhé · winding曲子qǔzi · tune

More words: Thinking & Talking

透露tòulù · to reveal推测tuīcè · to speculate吞吞吐吐tūntūntǔtǔ · to hum and haw妥协tuǒxié · to compromise妄想wàngxiǎng · wishful thinking慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy误解wùjiě · to misunderstand污蔑wūmiè · to slander

FAQs

歪曲 (wāiqū) means “to distort” or “to misrepresent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wāiqū: wāi with a 1st tone, then qū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 歪曲 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type waiqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 歪曲 from the suggestions. Typing waiqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
歪曲 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.