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拐
guǎi
1.
to turn
2.
to kidnap
3.
to swindle
4.
to misappropriate
5.
a cane
6.
seven (used as a substitute for [[七<qī>]])
Very Common • Top 6%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
大拐
dàguǎi
to turn left (Shanghainese)
孤拐
gūguǎi
cheekbone
小拐
xiǎoguǎi
to turn right (Shanghainese)
拐子
guǎizi
crutch
拐弯
guǎiwān
to go round a curve
拐杖
guǎizhàng
crutches
拐棍
guǎigùn
cane
拐角
guǎijiǎo
to turn a corner
拐卖
guǎimài
human trafficking
拐骗
guǎipiàn
swindle
拐点
guǎidiǎn
turning point
羊拐
yángguǎi
children's game, similar to knucklebones
诱拐
yòuguǎi
to abduct
双拐
shuāngguǎi
crutches
向右拐
xiàngyòuguǎi
to turn right
向左拐
xiàngzuǒguǎi
to turn left
拐弯儿
guǎiwānr
erhua variant of [[拐彎|拐弯<guǎiwān>]]
拐弯处
guǎiwānchù
corner
李铁拐
LǐTiěguǎi
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals [[八仙<Bāxiān>]] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
石拐区
Shíguǎiqū
Shiguai district of Baotou city [[包頭市|包头市<Bāotóushì>]], Inner Mongolia
Example Sentences (1)
我记得过了长江大桥往右一拐就有一个，大概有四五公里远。
Wǒ jìde guò le chángjiāng dàqiáo wǎng yòu yì guǎi jiù yǒu yí gè, dàgài yǒu sì wǔ gōnglǐ yuǎn.
I remember after crossing the Yangtze River Bridge, make a right turn and there is one, about four or five kilometers away.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,231
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,667 of 84,292