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拐弯
guǎi wān
to turn
HSK 5Legendary
What does 拐弯 mean?
拐弯 (pinyin: guǎi wān) means to turn. It belongs to the official HSK 5 vocabulary (advanced), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 拐弯
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 弯
The characters of 拐弯
| 拐 | guǎi | component character |
| 弯 | wān | bent, curved (HSK 5) |
Related HSK 5 words
| 划船 | huá chuán | to row a boat, go boating |
| 雄伟 | xióng wěi | majestic |
| 梳子 | shū zi | comb |
| 退步 | tuì bù | to regress, fall behind |
| 灰心 | huī xīn | to lose heart, be discouraged |
| 胡同 | hú tòng | hutong; narrow alley |
| 近代 | jìn dài | modern era; modern times (in Chinese context, roughly 1840s to 1919) |
| 爱惜 | ài xī | to cherish, to take good care of |
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