HSK C6/V6
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Strokes

Definition

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

Example

As a Verb

turn round

1
niǔ
guò
liǎn
le
lai
起来
  

She turned aside/away and wept.

2
niǔ
guò
shēn
lái
  
,
xiàn
发现
yǒurén
有人
zài
gēnzōng
跟踪
  

He turned round and found someone dogging him.

3
Niǔ
guò
tóu

turn one's head (away)

As a Verb

sprain; wrench

4
de
gài
膝盖
niǔshāng
扭伤
le
  

I twisted my knee.

5
Niǔshāng
扭伤
jiǎozi
脚脖子

sprain/turn/twist/wrench one's ankle

As a Verb

twist; wrench

6
měngde
猛地
xià
  
,
niǔ
xià
le
shǒu
把手
  

With a violent twist, he wrenched off the handle.

7
Xiàng
zuǒ
niǔ
shǒu
把手

twist the handle to the left

8
Hěn
niǔ
扭鸡
zi
脖子

give one vicious twist to the chicken's neck

9
mén
把门
niǔ
kāi

wrench the door open

10
Niǔduàn
扭断
gēn
shùzhī
树枝

twist a twig off a tree

As a Verb

swing; wriggle

11
Yàoshi
要是
niǔ
lái
niǔ
  
,
méi
没法
gěi
shūtóu
梳头
  

I can't brush your hair if you keep wriggling all the time.

12
Niǔ
gu
屁股

swing/wriggle one's hips

As a Verb

seize; grapple with

13
niǔzhù
扭住
xiǎotōu
小偷
  
,
dàn
bèi
tuīdǎo
推倒
zài
  

He seized the thief but was thrown to the ground.

14
Niǔzuō
扭作
tuán

be at grips with (sb)

As an Adjective

not straight; crooked

15
Zhè
tiáo
jiē
wānwān
弯弯
niǔniǔ
扭扭
de
  

The street is crooked. / The street zigs and zags.

16
de
xiě
de
wāiwāiniǔniǔ
歪歪扭扭
de
  

Her handwriting is scribbly.