扭 (nau2 | niu3) : turn round; sprain; seize

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扭

nau2

niu3

[1] turn round; swing; wriggle
[2] sprain; wrench; twist
[3] seize; grapple with

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

扭

This word has been viewed 7007 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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扭計 nau2 gai3*2 = to kick up a fuss 粵

一扭 jat1 nau2 = twist

扭曲 nau2 kuk1 = distort; distortion; retortion; skew; tortuosity; turn; twist; writhe; wry

扭腰舞 nau2 jiu1 mou5 = the Twist (dancing)

扭扭擰擰 nau2 nau2 ling6 ling6 = twisted/being indecisive

扭曲歷史 nau2 kuk1 lik6 si2 = distort history

扭傷 nau2 soeng1 = [n][v] sprain, wrench (sense of twisting injury)

扭擺 nau2 baai2 niu3 bai3 = to swing

刁喬扭擰 diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6 = to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices

彆扭 bit3 nau2 bie4 niu5 = awkward; disagreeable; inharmonious 國
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扭開個水龍頭! 粵
Turn on the tap.

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

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Unicode code for this character: U+626d (off-site link)

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