variant of 拗[ao4]

stubborn; perverse; contrary

stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]

(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]); Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]

to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)