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弯

wān

HSK 5 Character Traditional 彎 Measure word 道

What 弯 means

1. to bend
2. bent
3. a bend; a turn (in a road etc)

Example sentences

• 不要拐弯抹角。
  Bù yào guǎiwānmòjiǎo.
  Don't beat around the bush.
• 我们拐错弯了。
  We took a wrong turn.
• 他背疼，不能弯腰。
  Tā bèi téng, bù néng wānyāo.
  He has back pain, he can't bend over.
• 果子把树枝压弯了。
  The fruit weighed the branches down.
• 即使是弯树也能遮阴。
  Even crooked tree gives shade.
• 我无法弯曲我的右手臂。
  Wǒ wúfǎ wānqū wǒ de yòushǒu bì.
  I can't bend my right arm.

Words starting with 弯

• 弯腰wān yāoto stoop
• 弯曲wān qūto bend; to curve around; curved
• 弯路wān lùwinding road; roundabout route; detour
• 弯弯曲曲wān wān qū qūcurved; meandering; zigzagging
• 弯道wān dàowinding road; road curve
• 弯弯Wān wānWan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist
• 弯月wān yuècrescent moon; crescent shape
• 弯子wān zibend; turn; curve
• 弯折wān zhéto bend
• 弯男wān nángay guy
• 弯角wān jiǎocorner; bend; curve
• 弯曲度wān qū dùcurvature; camber
• 弯液面wān yè miànmeniscus (physics)
• 弯管面wān guǎn miànelbow pasta
• 弯曲空间wān qū kōng jiāncurved space
• 弯道超车wān dào chāo chēto overtake on a bend (driving); (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift…
• 弯月形透镜wān yuè xíng tòu jìngmeniscus lens
• 弯腰驼背wān yāo tuó bèislouch; stoop; poor posture
• 弯嘴滨鹬wān zuǐ bīn yù(bird species of China) curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Words containing 弯

• 拐弯guǎi wānto go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
• 转弯zhuǎn wānto turn; to go around a corner
• 急转弯jí zhuǎn wānto make a sudden turn
• 臂弯bì wāncrook of the arm
• 拐弯处guǎi wān chùcorner; bend
• 拐弯抹角guǎi wān mò jiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)…
• 走弯路zǒu wān lùto take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
• 易弯yì wānflexible
• 绕弯rào wānto go for a walk around; fig. to speak in a roundabout way
• 存水弯cún shuǐ wāntrap (plumbing); U-bend
• 绕弯儿rào wān rto go for a walk around; (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
• 绕弯子rào wān zilit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to…
• 绕弯子儿rào wān zǐ rlit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to…
• 脊柱侧弯jǐ zhù cè wānscoliosis
• 左弯右拐zuǒ wān yòu guǎito follow a winding path
• 曲里拐弯qū lǐ guǎi wānwinding and turning (idiom)
• 脊椎侧弯jǐ zhuī cè wānscoliosis
• 竖弯钩shù wān gōu乚 stroke in Chinese characters
• 掰弯bāi wānto bend; (slang) to turn a straight person gay
• 遛弯liù wān(dialect) to take a walk; to go for a stroll
• U形转弯U xíng zhuǎn wānU-turn
• 七弯八拐qī wān bā guǎi(idiom) twisting and turning; (idiom) tricky and complicated
• 转弯抹角zhuǎn wān mò jiǎosee 拐弯抹角
• 拐弯儿guǎi wān rerhua variant of 拐弯

Characters that look like 弯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 肾shènkidney
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 甭béngcontracted form of 不用

Sounds the same

Read wān, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 蜿used in 蜿蜒
• 豌used in 豌豆
• 塆col; gully