扭 niǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丑 ugly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
扭
niǔ
to twist, to turn
Character
Example phrases
- 他下楼时不小心扭了脚，只好请假休息一天。 Tā xià lóu shí bù xiǎoxīn niǔ le jiǎo, zhǐhǎo qǐngjià xiūxi yì tiān. He accidentally twisted his ankle while going downstairs, so he had to take a day off to rest.
- 她扭过头去，假装没有看见我。 Tā niǔ guò tóu qù, jiǎzhuāng méiyǒu kànjiàn wǒ. She turned her head away and pretended not to have seen me.
- 你用力扭一下瓶盖，应该就能打开了。 Nǐ yònglì niǔ yíxià pínggài, yīnggāi jiù néng dǎkāi le. Twist the bottle cap hard and it should open.
Related words
- 别扭 bièniu awkward; uncomfortable; difficult
- 扭曲 niǔqū to distort; to twist
- 扭头 niǔtóu to turn one’s head
- 扭转 niǔzhuǎn to reverse; to turn around
- 牵 qiān to pull, to involve
- 踩 cǎi to step on
- 聚集 jùjí to gather
- 睁 zhēng to open
- 来往 láiwǎng to come and go
- 仰 yǎng to look up
- 往来 wǎnglái to come and go
- 跪 guì to kneel