挽 meaning in English

wǎn

to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow)

HSK 7-9verb10 strokes

Meaning of 挽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wǎn
  1. to pull
  2. to draw (a cart or a bow)
  3. to roll up
  4. to coil
  5. to carry on the arm
  6. to lament the dead
  7. (fig.) to pull against
  8. to recover
wǎn
  1. variant of 挽[wan3]
  2. to draw (a cart)
  3. to lament the dead

挽 in example sentences

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

我wǒ看kàn见jiàn他tā们men胳gē膊bó挽wǎn着zhe胳gē膊bó地dì走zǒu路lù。
I saw them walking arm in arm.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

挽 wǎn · to pull · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 挽.

挽救wǎnjiùto save; to remedy
挽回wǎnhuíto retrieve; to redeem
挽留wǎnliúto urge to stay; to detain

Questions about 挽

What does 挽 mean?

挽 (wǎn) means "to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 挽?

挽 is made of 1 character: 挽 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 挽 an HSK word?

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