Usage of the character 拐
guǎi
拐
[柺]
- variant of 枴/拐 (guǎi)
guǎi
拐
[枴]
- cane
- walking stick
- crutch
- old man's staff
guǎi
拐
[拐]
- to turn (a corner etc)
- to kidnap
- to swindle
- to misappropriate
- seven (used as a substitute for 七 (qī))
- variant of 枴/拐 (guǎi)
guǎigùn
拐棍
[拐棍]
- cane
- walking stick
yòuguǎi
诱拐
[誘拐]
- to abduct; to kidnap
guǎiwān
拐弯
[拐彎]
- to go round a curve
- to turn a corner
- fig. a new direction
xiǎoguǎi
小拐
[小拐]
- to turn right (Shanghainese)
gūguǎi
孤拐
[孤拐]
- cheekbone
- ankle
guǎijiǎo
拐角
[拐角]
- to turn a corner
- corner
shùnguǎi
顺拐
[順拐]
- to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
guǎizi
拐子
[拐子]
- crutch
- (derog.) lame person
- kidnapper
shuāngguǎi
双拐
[雙拐]
- crutches
guǎidiǎn
拐点
[拐點]
- turning point
- breaking point
- inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
jiàguǎi
架拐
[架拐]
- to use a crutch
guǎimài
拐卖
[拐賣]
- human trafficking
- to abduct and sell
- to kidnap and sell
guǎizhàng
拐杖
[拐杖]
- crutches
- crutch
- walking stick
yángguǎi
羊拐
[羊拐]
- children's game, similar to knucklebones
guǎipiàn
拐骗
[拐騙]
- swindle
- abduct
dàguǎi
大拐
[大拐]
- to turn left (Shanghainese)
jiǎogūguai
脚孤拐
[腳孤拐]
- bunion
- hallux valgus
Tiěguǎi Lǐ
铁拐李
[鐵拐李]
- see 李鐵拐/李铁拐 ( Lǐ Tiěguǎi)
guǎijiǎochù
拐角处
[拐角處]
- street corner
guǎiwānr
拐弯儿
[拐彎兒]
- erhua variant of 拐彎/拐弯 (guǎiwān)
xiàngyòuguǎi
向右拐
[向右拐]
- to turn right
guǎiwānchù
拐弯处
[拐彎處]
- corner
- bend
Shíguǎiqū
石拐区
[石拐區]
- Shiguai district of Baotou city 包頭市/包头市 ( Bāotóushì), Inner Mongolia
yòuguǎizhě
诱拐者
[誘拐者]
- abductor
Lǐ Tiěguǎi
李铁拐
[李鐵拐]
- Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 ( Bāxiān) in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
xiàngzuǒguǎi
向左拐
[向左拐]
- to turn left
zuǒwānyòuguǎi
左弯右拐
[左彎右拐]
- to follow a winding path
qīwānbāguǎi
七湾八拐
[七灣八拐]
- variant of 七彎八拐/七弯八拐 (qīwānbāguǎi)
qūlǐguǎiwān
曲里拐弯
[曲裡拐彎]
- winding and turning (idiom)
qīwānbāguǎi
七弯八拐
[七彎八拐]
- twisting and turning
- tricky and complicated
yīquéyīguǎi
一瘸一拐
[一瘸一拐]
- to limp
- to hobble
kēngmēngguǎipiàn
坑蒙拐骗
[坑蒙拐騙]
- to swindle
- to cheat
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
gēbozhǒuwǎngwàiguǎi
胳膊肘往外拐
[胳膊肘往外拐]
- see 胳膊肘朝外拐 (gēbozhǒucháowàiguǎi)
gēbozhǒucháowàiguǎi
胳膊肘朝外拐
[胳膊肘朝外拐]
- lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)
- fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own people