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挝

wō

Character Traditional 撾

What 挝 means

1. used {老挝|Lǎo wō}

Other readings

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

• zhuāancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw; old variant of {抓|zhuā}; to strike;

Example sentences

• 泰国在北边接壤缅甸和老挝。
  Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos.
• 中国与巴基斯坦、印度、阿富汗、塔吉克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、哈萨克斯坦、北朝鲜、老挝、越南、尼泊尔、不丹、缅甸、蒙古和俄罗斯接壤。
  Zhōngguó yǔ Bājīsītǎn, Yìndù, āfùhàn, Tǎjíkèsītǎn, Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn, Hāsàkèsītǎn, Běi Cháoxiǎn, Lǎowō, Yuènán, Níbó'ěr, Bùdān, Miǎndiàn, Měnggǔ hé éluósī jiērǎng.
  China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.

Words containing 挝

• 老挝Lǎo wōLaos
• 飞挝fēi zhuāancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to…

Characters that look like 挝

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

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 拨bōto push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 皱zhòuto wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 桩zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
• 挞tà(bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. tǎ)

Sounds the same

Read wō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 窝nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 倭dwarf; Japanese (derog.) (old)
• 喔(onomatopoeia) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated); Taiwan pr. wò
• 涡eddy; whirlpool
• 蜗snail; Taiwan pr. guā; see 蜗牛
• 莴used in 莴苣; used in 莴笋
• 薶to make dirty; to soil
• 踒to slip and sprain a limb