弯 (彎) wān
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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') -
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') -
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) -
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) -
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) -
wān
noun
a river bend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 灣 (Kroll 2015 '彎' 2) -
wān
verb
to anchor; to moor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 停泊 (Guoyu '彎' v 3)
Contained in
- 弯曲(彎曲) curved; crooked ; to keep something secret
- 存水弯(存水彎) trap (plumbing); U-bend
- 盘马弯弓(盤馬彎弓) coiling around a horse to draw back a bow; preparing to act
- 易弯(易彎) flexible
- 弯路(彎路) winding road; roundabout route; detour; (figuratively) wrong way (of doing sth)
- 弯嘴滨鹬(彎嘴濱鷸) curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- 弯液面(彎液面) meniscus
- 拐弯处(拐彎處) corner; bend
- 臂弯(臂彎) crook of the arm
- 横撇弯钩(橫撇彎鉤) Heng Pie Wan Gou; CJK stroke HPWG
- 拐弯(拐彎) to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
- 弯曲空间(彎曲空間) curved space
- 弯管面(彎管麵) elbow pasta
- 脊椎侧弯(脊柱側彎) scoliosis
- 弯曲度(彎曲度) camber; curvature
- 弯着(彎着) bending
- 弯弓(彎弓) to flex a bow ; arch shaped ; to fall out of a friendship
- 弯腰驼背(彎腰駝背) slouch; stoop; poor posture
- 拐弯儿(拐彎兒) to turn a corner
- 港弯(港彎) harbor
- 绕弯儿(繞彎兒) to go for a walk around; to speak in a roundabout way
- 急转弯(急轉彎) to make a sudden turn
- 拐弯抹角(拐彎抹角) to turn and cut corners; to speak in a round about way
- 弯弯曲曲(彎彎曲曲) curved; meandering; zigzagging
- 走弯路(走彎路) to take an indirect route
- 曲里拐弯(曲裡拐彎) winding and turning
- 弯子(彎子) bend; turn; curve
- 掰弯(掰彎) to bend; to turn a straight person gay
- 绕弯子儿(繞彎子兒) to go on a long detour; to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- 弯腰(彎腰) to stoop
- 遛弯(遛彎) to take a walk; to go for a stroll
- 弯道超车(彎道超車) to overtake on a bend (driving)
- 绕弯子(繞彎子) to go on a long detour; to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- 弯弯(彎彎) Wan Wan
- 竖弯钩(豎彎鈎) shuwangou stroke; CJK stroke SWG ; 乚 stroke in Chinese characters
- 弯男(彎男) gay guy
- 转弯(轉彎) to turn ; bend in a road
- 绕弯(繞彎) to go for a walk around; to speak in a roundabout way
- 弯角(彎角) corner; bend; curve
- 弯折(彎折) to bend
- 弯月形透镜(彎月形透鏡) meniscus lens
- 弯道(彎道) winding road; road curve
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷六十八 列傳第六: 歡都子:謀演 冶訶子:阿魯補 骨赧 訛古乃 蒲查 Volume 68 Biographies 6: Huan Dou and son: Mouyan, Ye He and son: Alubu, Gu Nan, E Gunai, Pu Cha History of Jin 金史 — count: 2
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 卷四 本紀第四: 熙宗 Volume 4 Annals 4: Xizong History of Jin 金史 — count: 2
- 卷八 Scroll 8 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第八十回 Chapter 80 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 卷十五 Scroll 15 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
Collocations
- 弯弧 (彎弧) 管彎弧欲斃讎兮 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百上 敍傳 Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 — count: 19
- 弯环 (彎環) 四下裏彎環相似 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十七回 Chapter 47 — count: 6
- 弓弯 (弓彎) 鵲畫弓彎滿月 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十五回 Chapter 35 — count: 4
- 弯碕 (彎碕) 左稱彎碕 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷五 Scroll 5 — count: 4
- 一弯 (一彎) 雀畫弓懸一彎月 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七十六回 Chapter 76 — count: 3
- 两弯 (兩彎) 兩彎眉渾如刷漆 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 3
- 弯倒 (彎倒) 彎倒腰 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十四回 Chapter 34 — count: 2
- 弯鹊 (彎鵲) 弓彎鵲畫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十五回 Chapter 55 — count: 2
- 弯柳叶 (彎柳葉) 兩彎柳葉吊梢眉 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 3 — count: 2
- 弯蕃 (彎蕃) 彎蕃弱 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十七上 司馬相如傳 Volume 57a: Sima Xiangru — count: 2