Usage of the character 彎
wān
弯
[彎]
- to bend
- bent
- a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
- CL:道 (dào)
zhuǎnwān
转弯
[轉彎]
- to turn
- to go around a corner
ràowān
绕弯
[繞彎]
- to go for a walk around
- fig. to speak in a roundabout way
guǎiwān
拐弯
[拐彎]
- to go round a curve
- to turn a corner
- fig. a new direction
wānyuè
弯月
[彎月]
- crescent moon
- crescent shape
liùwān
遛弯
[遛彎]
- (dialect) to take a walk
- to go for a stroll
wānzi
弯子
[彎子]
- bend
- turn
- curve
wānqū
弯曲
[彎曲]
- to bend
- to curve around
- curved
- crooked
- to wind
- to warp
wānyāo
弯腰
[彎腰]
- to stoop
Wānwān
弯弯
[彎彎]
- Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist
bāiwān
掰弯
[掰彎]
- to bend
- (slang) to turn a straight person gay
wānzhé
弯折
[彎折]
- to bend
bìwān
臂弯
[臂彎]
- crook of the arm
yìwān
易弯
[易彎]
- flexible
wānjiǎo
弯角
[彎角]
- corner
- bend
- curve
wāndào
弯道
[彎道]
- winding road
- road curve
wānlù
弯路
[彎路]
- winding road
- roundabout route
- detour
- (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)
wānnán
弯男
[彎男]
- gay guy
liùwānr
遛弯儿
[遛彎兒]
- erhua variant of 遛彎／遛弯 (liùwān)
zǒuwānlù
走弯路
[走彎路]
- to take an indirect route
- to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
wānqūdù
弯曲度
[彎曲度]
- curvature
- camber
shùwāngōu
竖弯钩
[豎彎鉤]
- 乚 stroke in Chinese characters
guǎiwānr
拐弯儿
[拐彎兒]
- erhua variant of 拐彎／拐弯 (guǎiwān)
ràowānr
绕弯儿
[繞彎兒]
- to go for a walk around
- (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
ràowānzi
绕弯子
[繞彎子]
- lit. to go on a long detour
- fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- to beat about the bush
cúnshuǐwān
存水弯
[存水彎]
- trap (plumbing)
- U-bend
jízhuǎnwān
急转弯
[急轉彎]
- to make a sudden turn
guǎiwānchù
拐弯处
[拐彎處]
- corner
- bend
wānyèmiàn
弯液面
[彎液面]
- meniscus (physics)
wānguǎnmiàn
弯管面
[彎管麵]
- elbow pasta
Uxíngzhuǎnwān
U形转弯
[U形轉彎]
- U-turn
zuǒwānyòuguǎi
左弯右拐
[左彎右拐]
- to follow a winding path
wānwānqūqū
弯弯曲曲
[彎彎曲曲]
- curved
- meandering
- zigzagging
wānqūkōngjiān
弯曲空间
[彎曲空間]
- curved space
qūlǐguǎiwān
曲里拐弯
[曲裡拐彎]
- winding and turning (idiom)
zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo
转弯抹角
[轉彎抹角]
- see 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)
wānzuǐbīnyù
弯嘴滨鹬
[彎嘴濱鷸]
- (bird species of China) curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
qīwānbāguǎi
七弯八拐
[七彎八拐]
- twisting and turning
- tricky and complicated
jǐzhùcèwān
脊柱侧弯
[脊柱側彎]
- scoliosis
guǎiwānmòjiǎo
拐弯抹角
[拐彎抹角]
- lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- to equivocate
- to beat about the bush
ràowānzǐr
绕弯子儿
[繞彎子兒]
- lit. to go on a long detour
- fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point
- to beat about the bush
wānyāotuóbèi
弯腰驼背
[彎腰駝背]
- slouch
- stoop
- poor posture
wāndàochāochē
弯道超车
[彎道超車]
- to overtake on a bend (driving)
- (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)
jǐzhuīcèwān
脊椎侧弯
[脊椎側彎]
- scoliosis
wānyuèxíngtòujìng
弯月形透镜
[彎月形透鏡]
- meniscus lens