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Meaning of 崴

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崴Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 山
Pictophonetic:威 indicates the sound; 山 (mountain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
    • 威 [ wēi ] might, power, prestige; to dominate
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1
Pinyin: wǎi
English Definition:to sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子
Chinese Definition:
①山、水弯曲处(多用于地名)。
②脚扭伤:下山时崴了脚。
③山路不平。

Example Words:
海参崴 hǎi shēn wǎi Vladivostok; Ming and Qing name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克 and the province around it
崴子 wǎi zi bend (in a river, road etc) (used in place names)
崴脚 wǎi jiǎo to sprain one's ankle
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2
Pinyin: wēi
English Definition:high, lofty; precipitous
Chinese Definition:
①(崴嵬)山高的样子。
Example Sentences
1
我崴脚了
。
I sprained my ankle.
2
迈克尔
.
崴恩斯和爱德华
.
翁
By MICHAEL WINES and EDWARD WONG
3
本篇由北京迈克尔
。
崴恩斯
、
厦门爱德华
。
翁报道
。
Michael Wines reported from Beijing, and Edward Wong from Xiamen.
4
下课了
,
我一下楼的把脚给崴了
。
After class, I went down to the foot to sprain.
5
她绊了一跤
,
把脚崴得很疼
。
She stumbled and gave her ankle a painful wrench.