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腕

wàn

Character

What 腕 means

1. wrist
2. (squid, starfish etc) arm

Example sentences

• 汤姆扭伤了手腕。
  Tom sprained his wrist.
• 他们手腕骨折了。
  They fractured their wrists.
• 这只腕表需要修理。
  This watch wants mending.
• 那个男人抓住了这个年轻女孩的手腕。
  Nàge nánrén zhuāzhù le zhège niánqīng nǚhái de shǒuwàn.
  That man grabbed the young girl's wrist.
• 我怀疑韩国人是练过腕力才用得好那种铁筷。
  I suspect Koreans must have trained their wrist strength to use those iron chopsticks so well.

Words starting with 腕

• 腕子wàn ziwrist
• 腕级wàn jícelebrated; famous; A-list
• 腕足wàn zú(zoology) tentacle
• 腕表wàn biǎowristwatch
• 腕龙wàn lóngbrachiosaurus
• 腕足动物wàn zú dòng wùbrachiopod
• 腕管综合症wàn guǎn zōng hé zhèngcarpal tunnel syndrome
• 腕隧道症候群wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qúncarpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve)…
• 腕儿wàn rsee 大腕

Words containing 腕

• 手腕shǒu wànwrist; trickery; finesse
• 大腕dà wàn(colloquial) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight
• 铁腕tiě wàniron fist (of the state)
• 扼腕è wànto wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists)
• 割腕gē wànto slit one's wrists
• 脚腕jiǎo wànankle
• 腿腕tuǐ wànankle
• 虚腕xū wànempty wrist (method of painting)
• 触腕chù wàncephalopod tentacle
• 手腕子shǒu wàn ziwrist
• 手腕式shǒu wàn shìwrist- (watch, compass)
• 比腕力bǐ wàn lìarm wrestling (Tw)
• 玩手腕wán shǒu wànto play tricks; to play at politics
• 外交手腕wài jiāo shǒu wàndiplomatic skills
• 耍手腕shuǎ shǒu wànto play tricks; to maneuver
• 掰手腕bāi shǒu wànarm wrestling
• 掰腕子bāi wàn ziarm wrestling
• 大腕儿dà wàn rerhua variant of 大腕
• 脚腕子jiǎo wàn zisee 脚腕

Characters built on 宛

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

• 碗wǎnbowl; cup
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 豌wānused in 豌豆
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out
• 琬wǎnensign of royalty
• 菀wǎnused in 紫菀

Characters that look like 腕

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

• 腿tuǐleg
• 跪guìto kneel
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 眺tiàoto gaze into the distance
• 腋yè(bound form) armpit; axilla; axil
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭

Sounds the same

Read wàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 万ten thousand; a great number
• 卍swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism
• 卐swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later…
• 捥to bend the wrist