"拗" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 扌幺力
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Prononciation
Mandarin ào; niù; ǎo
Entry Methods
Pinyin ao4; niu4; ao3
Kanji /
Cangjie
QVIS
手女戈尸
Sijiao 5402.7
Wubi RXLN
CNS 11643 1-4D6F
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+62D7
GB2312 DED6
BIG5 A9ED
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Results for 拗
 ào (bound form) intractable / contrary / disobedient
 niù stubborn / perverse / contrary
 ǎo (dialect) to twist / to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
Results beginning with 拗
 ào kǒu hard to pronounce / awkward-sounding
 ǎo duàn (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
 ào xiàn geological depression
 niù bu guò can't persuade / unable to make (sb) change their mind / unable to resist (sb)
 ào kǒu lìng tongue twister
Approximate Results for 拗
 zhí niù stubborn / willful / pigheaded / Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
 wéi ào to disobey / to defy / to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
 yìng ào (Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]) / Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
 sān ào tāng san'ao decoction (TCM)
 shì shì ào wéi everything has gone to the dogs (idiom)
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