拧 | níng | to pinch / wring | |
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 | |
揝 | zuàn | to hold in the hand, to grasp / to wring | |
绞扭 | jiǎo niǔ | to wring | |
扼腕 | è wàn | to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists) |