Word information
Simplified拐弯
Traditional拐彎
Pinyinguǎiwān
Part of speech动
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.05
Chinese word dictionary
拐弯
guǎiwān · to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
Character breakdown
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How to learn 拐弯
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弯wān
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]
拐guǎicane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff; to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]); variant of 枴|拐[guai3]; variant of 枴|拐[guai3]
弯曲wānqūto bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
拐杖guǎizhàngcrutches; crutch; walking stick
走弯路zǒuwānlùto take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method