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guǎi

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guǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guǎi | guai3
English translation
to turn
to kidnap
to swindle
to misappropriate
a cane
seven (used as a substitute for [qī])
to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch

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About guǎi

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

guǎi

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

To take another  lìng by force  shǒu

Etymology of guǎi

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

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Example sentences using guǎi

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tuǐ shuāi duàn le 以后 yǐ hòu ,不得不 bùdébù kào 拐杖 guǎizhàng 走路 zǒu lù .

When he broke his leg he had to walk on crutches.

走路 zǒu lù zhǔ 拐棍 guǎi gùn ,因为 yīnwèi shì 瘸子 qué zi .

He walks with a stick because he is lame.

zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng , zǒu 慢慢 màn màn de , 挟着本很 de 剪贴簿.

He came slowly, on crutches, clutching a big scrapbook.

爷爷 yéye 走路 zǒu lù réng zhǔ 拐杖 guǎizhàng .

Grandpa still walks without a stick.

老汉 lǎo hàn zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng 走路 zǒu lù .

The old man walked with a wooden staff.

Words with guǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
guǎi to kidnap guǎi
拐杖 guǎizhàng crutches拐杖 guǎizhàng
拐角 guǎi jiǎo corner拐角 guǎi jiǎo
拐弯 guǎiwān to go round a curve拐彎
诱拐 yòu guǎi to abduct誘拐
拐点 guǎi diǎn turning point拐點
拐弯抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo to equivocate拐彎抹角
拐卖 guǎi mài human trafficking拐賣
拐骗 guǎi piàn swindle拐騙
一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi to limp一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi
拐子 guǎi zi crutch拐子 guǎi zi
拐棍 guǎi gùn cane拐棍 guǎi gùn
坑蒙拐骗 kēng mēng guǎi piàn to swindle坑蒙拐騙
铁拐李 Tiě guǎi Lǐ Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 Bā xiān [Bā​xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine鐵拐李
曲里拐弯 qū lǐ guǎi wān winding and turning (idiom)曲裡拐彎
拐弯儿 guǎi wān r to go round a curve拐彎兒
石拐区 Shí guǎi qū Shiguai district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市 Bāo tóu shì [Bāo​tóu​shì], Inner Mongolia石拐區
李铁拐 Lǐ Tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 Bā xiān [Bā​xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine李鐵拐
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi the elbow turns the wrong way胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
诱拐者 yòu guǎi zhě abductor誘拐者

guǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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guǎi Decomposition

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