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wǎn

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wǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎn | wan3
English translation
to pull
to draw (a cart or a bow)
to roll up
to coil
to carry on the arm
to lament the dead
(fig.) to pull against
to recover
variant of wǎn [wǎn]
to draw (a cart)
to pull, to lead; to pull back, to draw a bow

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About wǎn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

wǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of wǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌免

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

miǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and miǎn represents the sound. Simplified form of wǎn .

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Example sentences using wǎn

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zhè 家伙 jiāhuo 以前 yǐqián zuò 实在 shízài tài miào le ,以致 yǐzhì 现在 xiànzài 挽回 wǎnhuí le .

They had done their work too well and little time to reverse it.

老人 lǎo rén zài de 孙子 Sūnzǐ wǎn xià 蹒跚 pán shān ér háng .

The old man hobbled along with the help of his grandson.

shì 唯一 wéiyī Néng 挽回 wǎnhuí 局面 júmiàn de rén

He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.

戴维斯 Dài wéi sī 必须 bìxū 挽回 wǎnhuí de 自尊 zì zūn

Davis had to salvage his pride.

他们 tā men 手挽手慢悠悠 màn yōu yōu de 逛过一家家店面 diàn miàn

They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.

Words with wǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
挽救 wǎnjiù to save挽救 wǎnjiù
挽回 wǎnhuí to retrieve挽回 wǎnhuí
wǎn to pull wǎn
挽留 wǎn liú to detain挽留 wǎn liú
力挽狂澜 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis力挽狂瀾
无可挽回 wú kě wǎn huí irrevocable無可挽回
挽联 wǎn lián elegiac couplet輓聯
挽歌 wǎn gē a dirge挽歌 wǎn gē
挽具 wǎn jù harness挽具 wǎn jù
挽幛 wǎn zhàng large elegiac scroll挽幛 wǎn zhàng
挽词 wǎn cí an elegy挽詞
挽诗 wǎn shī elegy輓詩
挽力 wǎn lì pulling power (of draft animals)挽力 wǎn lì
挽额 wǎn é elegiac tablet挽額
挽辞 wǎn cí an elegy挽辭

wǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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wǎn Decomposition

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