"Twist" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 搓 |  cuō | to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist |   |
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist / to warp / to distort | |
| 络 | luò | net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body | |
| 扭 | niǔ | to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips | |
| 绞 | jiǎo | to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn | |
| 枉 | wǎng | to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain | |
| 拧 | nǐng | mistake / to twist | |
| 捩 | liè | tear / twist | |
| 绹 | táo | bind / cord / twist | |
| 肙 | yuān | a small worm / to twist / to surround / empty | |
| 拧成一股绳 | níng chéng yī gǔ shéng | to twist (strands) together to form a rope / (fig.) to unite / to work together | |
| 天机 | tiān jī | mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret | |
| 麻花 | má huā | fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) | |
| 扭腰 | niǔ yāo | to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist | |
| 拧开 | nǐng kāi | to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart | |
| 强词夺理 | qiǎng cí duó lǐ | to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats | |
| 扭结 | niǔ jié | to tangle up / to twist together / to wind | |
| 累 | léi | rope / to bind together / to twist around | |
| 纶 | lún | to classify / to twist silk / silk thread | |
| 紾 | zhěn | crooked / obstinate / twist a cord | |
| 綯 | táo | bind / cord / twist | |
| 扭摆 | niǔ bǎi | to twist and sway (one's body) | |
| 缠络 | chán luò | to wind around / to twist and turn (of road or river) | |
