Pronunciation/Chinese readings
How do you pronounce 蹊跷?
蹊(qī)跷qī qiāo
Commonly said as: reading 蹊 as xī
欺敲
蹊跷
What it is
蹊跷 describes something odd or suspicious.
Why it gets said wrong
蹊 is qī here but xī in 独辟蹊径. The two readings carry different senses.
Hear it in a sentence
Something is off about this.
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