挽 (waan5 | wan3) : carry; draw; retrieve

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挽

waan5

wan3

[1] carry sth in one's hand or under one's arm
[2] draw; pull; retrieve; reverse
[3] [國] roll up (sleeves, etc)
[4] variant of 綰

1. 挽 is also the simplified form of 輓.
2. Synonyms for first definition: [粵] 拎, [國] 提

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

挽

This word has been viewed 4460 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Nov 2013 10:10

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挽救 waan5 gau3 wan3 jiu4 = to save; to recue; to remedy

挽回 waan5 wui4 = redeem; retrieve

挽手 waan5 sau2 = handle 粵

冇鞋挽屐走 mou5 haai4 waan5*2 kek6 zau2 = to leave hurriedly from an awkward situation 粵

挽留 waan5 lau4 wan3 liu2 = urge (or persuade) sb. to stay; detainment

力挽狂瀾 lik6 waan5 kong4 laan4 li4 wan3 kuang2 lan2 = overcome impossible odds

Showing 1 example containing 挽

佢挽住個手袋過馬路粵
She was crossing the road while carrying a handbag.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 挽
Unicode code for this character: U+633d (off-site link)

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