斜 (xié) — (adjective) slanted, oblique, inclined, tilted; (verb) to slant, to tilt, to incline
Definition
斜 (xié) describes a line or surface that leans off the vertical or horizontal — neutral and physical, for roads, pictures, text. Compare 歪 (crooked/askew, often off-center or wrong) and 偏 (leaning off-line, or biased).
adjective
slantedobliqueinclinedtilted
verb
to slantto tiltto incline
Examples
- 斜Zhè tiáo lù shì xié deThis road is slanted.
- 斜。Tā xié zhe yǎn jing kàn wǒ.He looked at me with slanted eyes (sidewise).
- 斜。Tā bǎ huà guà xié le.He hung the picture crooked.
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