拐弯 meaning in English

guǎiwān

to go round a curve; to turn a corner

HSK 7-9Traditional 拐彎17 strokes

Meaning of 拐弯

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guǎiwān

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

往wǎng北běi拐guǎi弯wān走zǒu到dào第dì二èr条tiáo弄lòng堂táng就jiù是shì。

Turn north, walk to the second alley, and you're there.

绿lǜ灯dēng时shí，拐guǎi弯wān车chē要yào让ràng人rén。

When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.

不bú要yào拐guǎi弯wān抹mò角jiǎo。

Don't beat about the bush.

汤tāng姆mǔ拐guǎi弯wān儿ér拐guǎi得de太tài快kuài了le，把bǎ车chē开kāi到dào了le水shuǐ沟gōu里lǐ。

Tom took the bend too fast and landed in the ditch.

你nǐ到dào这zhè儿ér拐guǎi弯wān角jiǎo上shàng去qù坐zuò地dì铁tiě。

Turn here to get on the subway.

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Words that share a character with 拐弯.

转弯	zhuǎnwān	to turn; to go around a corner
弯曲	wānqū	to bend; to curve around
拐杖	guǎizhàng	crutches; crutch
急转弯	jízhuǎnwān	to make a sudden turn
走弯路	zǒu wānlù	to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
拐角	guǎijiǎo	to turn a corner; corner
弯腰	wānyāo	to stoop
诱拐	yòuguǎi	to abduct; to kidnap
拐角处	guǎijiǎochù	street corner
拐弯抹角	guǎiwānmòjiǎo	lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabou
弯道	wāndào	winding road; road curve
臂弯	bìwān	crook of the arm

What does 拐弯 mean?

拐弯 (guǎiwān) means "to go round a curve; to turn a corner".

How do you write 拐弯?

拐弯 is made of 2 characters: 拐 (8 strokes), 弯 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 拐弯 an HSK word?

Yes. 拐弯 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 拐弯 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 拐弯 is written 拐彎.