Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wǎng
English
- useless, in vain
- to twist
- bent, crooked
- crooked
- unjust
- in vain
- unjustly; vainly
粵語
- 白費
As a component in
Words containing 枉
- 冤枉jyun1 wong2
to accuse wrongly
- 枉死wong2 sei2
to die in tragic circumstances
- 枉然wong2 jin4
in vain
- 枉費wong2 fai3
to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc)
- 冤枉路jyun1 wong2 lou6
pointless trip
- 枉勞wong2 lou4
to work in vain
- 枉顧wong2 gu3
to neglect
- 食枉米sik6 wong2 mai5
a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless
- 枉攘wong2 joeng5
tumultuous
- 不枉bat1 wong2
not in vain
- 枉法wong2 faat3
to circumvent the law
- 枉做wong2 zou6
- 枉徑wong2 ging3
winding lane
- 矯枉過正giu2 wong2 gwo3 zing3
to overcorrect (idiom)
- 貪贓枉法taam1 zong1 wong2 faat3
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
- 冤枉錢jyun1 wong2 cin4
wasted money
- 讀枉書duk6 wong2 syu1
- 矯枉過直giu2 wong2 gwo3 zik6
see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4]
- 徇情枉法seon1 cing4 wong2 faat3
see 徇私枉法[xun4 si1 wang3 fa3]
- 枉作小人wong2 zok3 siu2 jan4
- 徇私枉法seon1 si1 wong2 faat3
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
- 冤枉來瘟疫去jyun1 wong2 loi4 wan1 jik6 heoi3