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拐

guǎi

HSK 5 Character

What 拐 means

1. to turn (a corner etc)
2. to kidnap
3. to swindle
4. to misappropriate
5. seven (used as a substitute for {七|qī})
6. variant of {拐|guǎi}

Other readings

拐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• guǎicane; walking stick; crutch
• guǎivariant of {拐|guǎi}

Example sentences

• 我往右拐了。
  I turned right.
• 他拄拐󠄆杖。
  He walks on crutches.
• 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.
• 请在那个拐角左转。
  Qǐng zài nàge guǎijiǎo zuǒzhuǎn.
  Turn left at the corner.
• 他就住在拐角的地方。
  Tā jiù zhù zài guǎijiǎo de dìfang.
  He lives just around the corner.

Words starting with 拐

• 拐弯guǎi wānto go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
• 拐杖guǎi zhàngcrutches; crutch; walking stick
• 拐角guǎi jiǎoto turn a corner; corner
• 拐角处guǎi jiǎo chùstreet corner
• 拐卖guǎi màihuman trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
• 拐弯处guǎi wān chùcorner; bend
• 拐弯抹角guǎi wān mò jiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)…
• 拐骗guǎi piànswindle; abduct
• 拐子guǎi zicrutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper
• 拐棍guǎi gùncane; walking stick
• 拐点guǎi diǎnturning point; breaking point; inflexion point…
• 拐弯儿guǎi wān rerhua variant of 拐弯

Words containing 拐

• 双拐shuāng guǎicrutches
• 大拐dà guǎito turn left (Shanghainese)
• 孤拐gū guǎicheekbone; ankle
• 小拐xiǎo guǎito turn right (Shanghainese)
• 架拐jià guǎito use a crutch
• 羊拐yáng guǎichildren's game, similar to knucklebones
• 诱拐yòu guǎito abduct; to kidnap
• 顺拐shùn guǎito swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
• 向右拐xiàng yòu guǎito turn right
• 向左拐xiàng zuǒ guǎito turn left
• 李铁拐Lǐ Tiě guǎiIron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙
• 石拐区Shí guǎi QūShiguai, a district of Baotou City 包头市
• 脚孤拐jiǎo gū guaibunion; hallux valgus
• 坑蒙拐骗kēng mēng guǎi piàn(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive
• 左弯右拐zuǒ wān yòu guǎito follow a winding path
• 曲里拐弯qū lǐ guǎi wānwinding and turning (idiom)
• 胳膊肘朝外拐gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎilit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own…
• 拄拐zhǔ guǎito be on crutches; to use a cane
• 一瘸一拐yī qué yī guǎito limp; to hobble
• 七弯八拐qī wān bā guǎi(idiom) twisting and turning; (idiom) tricky and complicated
• 石拐Shí guǎisee 石拐区
• 铁拐李Tiě guǎi Lǐsee 李铁拐
• 胳膊肘往外拐gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎisee 胳膊肘朝外拐
• 七湾八拐qī wān bā guǎivariant of 七弯八拐

Characters that look like 拐

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

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 拥yōngto hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 挡dǎngto resist; to obstruct; to hinder
• 拷kǎoto beat; to flog; to examine under torture
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon