扭 niǔ

1. niǔ verb to turn; to twist
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '扭')
2. niǔ verb to grab; to wring
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '扭')

Contained in

• 扭蛋 toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
• 扭打 to wrestle; to grapple; to scuffle
• 闹别扭(鬧彆扭) to be difficult with; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads; to fall out with
• 扭曲 to twist; to warp; to distort
• 扭亏(扭虧) to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss
• 扭头(扭頭) to turn one's head; to turn around
• 绞扭(絞扭) to wring
• 扭腰 to swing one's hips
• 扭转(扭轉) to turn around ; to reverse
• 扭扭捏捏 affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered
• 别扭(彆扭) awkward; difficult; uncomfortable ; stubborn; difficult to please ; disagreeing; quarrelsome
• 扭转乾坤(扭轉乾坤) to upend heaven and earth; to change the course of events; to turn things around
• 扭结(扭結) to tangle up; to twist together; to wind
• 扭力 torque; turning force; torsion
• 扭矩 torque; turning force
• 七扭八歪 misshapen; crooked; uneven
• 扭扭乐(扭扭樂) Twister (game)
• 歪歪扭扭 crooked; not straight; staggering from side to side
• 扭角羚 takin (Budorcas taxicolor); goat-antelope
• 扭伤(扭傷) to sprain
• 强扭的瓜不甜(強扭的瓜不甜) if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist)
• 扭捏 affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing
• 扭摆(扭擺) to twist and sway (one's body)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
• 第二回 Chapter 23 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 第十八回 Chapter 18 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第七十九回 Chapter 79 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第九十五回 Chapter 95 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第二十三回 Chapter 23 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第八十七回 Chapter 87 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2

Collocations

• 一扭 (一扭) 把枷只一扭 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 13
• 扭过 (扭過) 話說當下魯提轄扭過身來看時 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 10
• 扭做 (扭做) 扭做一塊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十三回 Chapter 13 — count: 9
• 扭住 (扭住) 正見這婆子結扭住宋江在那裏叫冤屈 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 6
• 扭回 (扭回) 扭回身 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十三回 Chapter 13 — count: 6
• 扭狼 (扭狼) 款扭狼腰 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 5
• 强扭 (強扭) 強扭做賊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十一回 Chapter 31 — count: 5
• 结扭 (結扭) 正見這婆子結扭住宋江在那裏叫冤屈 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 5
• 扭开锁 (扭開鎖) 李逵扭開鎖 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十四回 Chapter 74 — count: 4
• 扭一 (扭一) 只消把腰兒扭一扭 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十二回 Chapter 22 — count: 3