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别扭

biè niu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 彆扭

别扭 (biè niu) means "awkward; difficult; uncomfortable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 别扭 means

1. awkward
2. difficult
3. uncomfortable
4. not agreeing
5. at loggerheads
6. gauche

The characters in 别扭

• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring

Words containing 别扭

• 闹别扭nào biè niuto be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads

Where 别扭 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · biǎo–bō (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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