弯 (彎) wān

  1. wān noun a bend; a curve; a turn
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '彎' 1a; NCCED '弯' 3; Unihan '彎')
  2. wān noun a kind of character stroke with a concave path
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Art
    Notes: For example, 竖弯 'vertical and curving' stroke (Baidu Baike '笔画'; Wikipedia '笔画')
  3. wān verb to bend
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 屈曲; for example, 弯着腰 'back bent.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 22; Guoyu '彎' v 2; NCCED '弯' 2)
  4. wān adjective crooked; winding
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 曲折的; for example, 弯路 'winding road' (Guoyu '彎' adj; NCCED '弯' 1)
  5. wān verb to pull a bow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 引弓 (Guoyu '彎' v 1; Kroll 2015 '彎' 1)
  6. wān noun a river bend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 灣 (Kroll 2015 '彎' 2)
  7. wān verb to anchor; to moor
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 停泊 (Guoyu '彎' v 3)

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