變態

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: biêng3 tai3
POJ: pièng-thài
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

adjective: perverted, abnormal, twisted (mentally)
變態

Wiktionary attests verb (metamorphose/be abnormal), noun (metamorphosis/pervert/weirdo), and adjective (perverted/insane) blocks all under the identical Teochew reading, so the single best POS is genuinely ambiguous; the common colloquial adjective sense was picked.

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