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挠
撓
náo
1.
to scratch
2.
to thwart
3.
to yield
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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (14)
屈挠
qūnáo
to surrender
干挠
gānnáo
variant of [[干擾|干扰<gānrǎo>]], to interfere
抓挠
zhuānao
to scratch
挠败
náobài
defeated
挠曲
náoqū
to bend
挠率
náolǚ
the torsion (of a space curve)
挠裂
náoliè
split due to repeated folding
挠钩
náogōu
iron hook at the end a long pole
挠头
náotóu
tricky
阻挠
zǔnáo
to thwart
挠痒痒
náoyǎngyang
to tickle
痒痒挠
yǎngyangnáo
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
不屈不挠
bùqūbùnáo
unyielding
百折不挠
bǎizhébùnáo
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,793
- Word Frequency Rank
- 8,341 of 84,292