拗蠻

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Chinese

stubborn; contrary; bend
stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two
 
barbarian; bullying; very
barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
 
trad. (拗蠻)
simp. (拗蛮)

Pronunciation


Noun

拗蠻

  1. (literary or Singapore Hokkien) stubborn and unreasonable person

Descendants

  • Indonesian: auban
  • Peranakan Indonesian: auwban

Adjective

拗蠻

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) arrogant and domineering
  2. (Singapore Hokkien) selfish

Adverb

拗蠻

  1. (Hakka) quite; rather; considerably

Synonyms