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挠
撓
náo
1. to scratch
2. to thwart
3. to yield
Common • Top 10%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

挠
náo
to yield; to scratch, to disturb
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (14)

挠头
náotóu
tricky
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)
阻挠
zǔnáo
to thwart
HSK 6
挠裂
náoliè
split due to repeated folding
挠钩
náogōu
iron hook at the end a long pole
挠痒痒
náoyǎngyang
to tickle
痒痒挠
yǎngyangnáo
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
百折不挠
bǎizhébùnáo
to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
不屈不挠
bùqūbùnáo
unyielding

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,793
Word Frequency Rank
8,341 of 84,292

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