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Hanzi

扭 / 扭

Traditional
扭
Simplified
扭

to turn/to twist/to wring/to sprain/to swing one's hips

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

niǔ, chǒu, zhǒu, zhòu

Bopomofo

ㄋㄧㄡˇ, ㄔㄡˇ, ㄓㄡˇ, ㄓㄡˋ

Jyutping

nau2

Example sentences

扭曲 niǔqū
這場意外使汽車的骨架發生了嚴重的扭曲。
这场意外使汽车的骨架发生了严重的扭曲。

This accident caused the car's frame to undergo severe distortion.

扭傷 / 扭伤 niǔshāng
他在打籃球時不小心扭傷了腳踝。
他在打篮球时不小心扭伤了脚踝。

He accidentally sprained his ankle while playing basketball.

腳踝 / 脚踝 jiǎohuái
他在跑步時不小心扭傷了腳踝。
他在跑步时不小心扭伤了脚踝。

He accidentally sprained his ankle while running.

扭捏 niǔniē
她顯得很扭捏，不敢抬頭看人。
她显得很扭捏，不敢抬头看人。

She looked very bashful and didn't dare to look up at people.

扭轉 / 扭转 niǔzhuǎn
經過大家的努力，我們終於扭轉了公司的虧損局面。
经过大家的努力，我们终于扭转了公司的亏损局面。

Through everyone's efforts, we finally reversed the company's deficit.

乾坤 qiánkūn
他憑藉出色的策略，最終扭轉了乾坤，贏得了勝利。
他凭借出色的策略，最终扭转了乾坤，赢得了胜利。

With his excellent strategy, he finally turned the tide and won the victory.

扭頭 / 扭头 niǔtóu
他扭頭看向窗外，發現外面正在下大雨。
他扭头看向窗外，发现外面正在下大雨。

He turned his head to look out the window and found it was raining heavily outside.

扭 niǔ
他扭過身來看著我。
他扭过身来看著我。

He turned around to look at me.

Example Vocabulary

別扭

扭曲

niu3'qu1

to distort; to twist; to warp

扭傷

niu3'shang1

to sprain; to twist; sprain

扭捏

niu3'nie1

bashful; affected; behaving unnaturally or shyly

扭轉

niu3'zhuan3

to reverse; to turn around; to remedy

扭頭

niu3'tou2

to turn one's head; to turn around

七扭八歪

qi1'niu3'ba1'wai1

扭

niu3

to twist; to turn around; to sprain

扭力

niu3'li4

扭打

niu3'da3

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