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拗

ào

Character

What 拗 means

1. bound formintractable; contrary; disobedient

Other readings

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

• ǎoto twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
• niùstubborn; perverse; contrary
• àovariant of {拗|ào}

Example sentences

• 拗不过他。
  Niùbuguò tā.
  If he says it is Monday, it is Monday.

Words starting with 拗

• 拗不过niù bu guòcan't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
• 拗口ào kǒuhard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
• 拗断ǎo duàn(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
• 拗口令ào kǒu lìngtongue twister

Words containing 拗

• 执拗zhí niùstubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. zhí ào
• 硬拗yìng ào(Taiwan; colloquial) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments…
• 违拗wéi àoto disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
• 三拗汤sān ào tāngsan'ao decoction (TCM)

Characters built on 幼

These share the phonetic component 幼 (yòu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 窈yǎo(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳

Characters that look like 拗

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

• 励lìto encourage; to urge
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 柚yòupomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
• 坳àodepression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo

Sounds the same

Read ào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 傲proud; arrogant; to despise
• 奥obscure; mysterious
• 澳deep bay; cove; harbor
• 坳depression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 懊to regret
• 骜a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊griddle; tava
• 岙plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江
• 墺building-plot
• 奡haughty; vigorous
• 垇(used in place names); variant of 坳
• 鿫oganesson (chemistry)