| 违拗 | wéi ào | to disobey; to defy; deliberately going against (rule, convention, sb's wishes etc) | |
| 拗口 | ào kǒu | hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding | |
| 拗口令 | ào kǒu lìng | tongue twister | |
| 三拗汤 | sān ào tāng | san'ao decoction (TCM) | |
| 事事拗违 | shì shì ào wéi | everything has gone to the dogs (idiom) |
| 执拗 | zhí niù | stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2 ao4] | |
| 拗不过 | niù bu guò | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) |
| 1 | He twisted the wire into a U shape. | |
| 2 | The trader was obstinate in the negotiation. | |
| 3 | So I snapped one of his stupid pencils. | |
| 4 | Previously scientists have only managed to make straight or kinked structures. | |
| 5 | Twist the first couple of inches of all the strands together and bend them over once. |