喎 [wāi]
1. The mouth is crooked, a symptom where one side of the mouth droops due to facial nerve paralysis: 口眼喎斜 (The mouth and eyes are awry).
2. Crooked or awry: 喎斜 (Crooked).
3. An ancient ethnic group name.
Adjective: A description of the mouth being crooked, caused by facial nerve paralysis resulting in one side of the mouth drooping. "玉篇·口部": 喎, 同呙, 口戾也 (Awry, synonymous with 呙, refers to a derangement of the mouth).
Adjective: Slanted or tilted. In the poem by Mei Yaochen, "醒论时事正,醉戴野巾喎" (When sober, discussing the current events truthfully, but when drunk, the headscarf is awry).
Adjective: A description of the mouth being crooked, caused by facial nerve paralysis resulting in one side of the mouth drooping. "玉篇·口部": 喎, 同呙, 口戾也 (Awry, synonymous with 呙, refers to a derangement of the mouth).
Adjective: Slanted or tilted. In the poem by Mei Yaochen, "醒论时事正,醉戴野巾喎" (When sober, discussing the current events truthfully, but when drunk, the headscarf is awry).