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枉 wǎng

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枉 wǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎng | wang3
English translation
to twist
crooked
unjust
in vain
useless, in vain; crooked, bent

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About 枉 wǎng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

枉 wǎng

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of 枉 wǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木王

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

王 Wáng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 王 Wáng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 枉 wǎng

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苏 sū 小姐 xiǎojie 骂 mà 方 Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐 jiān 无耻 wúchǐ ,实在 shízài 是 shì 冤枉 yuānwang .

Miss Su's condemnation of Fang Hung - chien for being shameless was actually unjust.

他 tā 受 shòu 这么 zhè me 多苦，太 tài 冤枉 yuānwang 了 le 。

It was unfair that he should suffer so much.

过去 guòqu 数不清 shǔ bù qīng 的 de 冤假错案 yuān jiǎ cuò àn 和 hé 枉法 wǎng fǎ 行为 xíngwéi 给 gěi 人们 rén men 带来 dài lái 了 le 创伤 chuāng shāng 。

The past has been scarred by countless mistrials and perversions of justice.

要是 yàoshi 从来 cónglái 没 méi 看 kān 过 Guò 歌剧 gē jù ，那 Nā 就 jiù 枉 wǎng 过 Guò 此生了 le 。

If you have never been to an opera, you haven't lived.

Words with 枉 wǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
冤枉 yuānwang to accuse wrongly冤枉 yuānwang
枉 wǎng to twist枉 wǎng
枉法 wǎng fǎ to circumvent the law枉法 wǎng fǎ
贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law貪贓枉法
枉然 wǎng rán in vain枉然 wǎng rán
矫枉过正 jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng to overcorrect (idiom)矯枉過正
枉费 wǎng fèi to try in vain枉費
冤枉路 yuān wang lù pointless trip冤枉路 yuān wang lù
枉死 wǎng sǐ to die in tragic circumstances枉死 wǎng sǐ
枉顾 wǎng gù to neglect枉顧
徇情枉法 xùn qíng wǎng fǎ to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)徇情枉法 xùn qíng wǎng fǎ
矫枉过直 jiǎo wǎng guò zhí to overcorrect (idiom)矯枉過直

枉 wǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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枉 wǎng Decomposition

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