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弯曲

wān qū

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 彎曲

弯曲 (wān qū) means "to bend; to curve around; curved". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 弯曲 means

1. to bend
2. to curve around
3. curved
4. crooked
5. to wind
6. to warp

The characters in 弯曲

• 弯wānto bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
• 曲qǔtune; song

Example sentences

• 我无法弯曲我的右手臂。
  Wǒ wúfǎ wānqū wǒ de yòushǒu bì.
  I can't bend my right arm.
• 爱因斯坦预测太阳的引力会弯曲光线。
  àiyīnsītǎn yùcè tàiyang de yǐnlì huì wānqū guāngxiàn.
  Einstein predicted that the Sun's gravity would bend light.
• 重庆是一座丘陵的城市，道路弯弯曲曲的。
  Chóngqìng shì yī zuò qiūlíng de chéngshì, dàolù wānwānqūqū de.
  Chongqing is a hilly city with winding streets.
• 苏州河是上海的母亲河，弯弯曲曲横跨流过市中心。
  Sūzhōu Hé shì Shànghǎi de mǔqīn hé, wānwānqūqū héngkuà liú guo shìzhōngxīn.
  River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.

Words starting with 弯曲

• 弯曲度wān qū dùcurvature; camber
• 弯曲空间wān qū kōng jiāncurved space

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