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(Trad.: 絞)
Pinyin: jiǎo
English Definition: to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
Chinese Definition:
①拧,扭紧,挤压:绞车。绞痛。绞心。绞肠痧(霍乱病的俗称)。绞尽心力。
②用绳子把人勒死:绞刑。绞杀。
③缠绕:绞缠。绞结。
④量词,用于纱或毛线等。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] silk; thread
    • [ jiāo ] to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
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Example Words
绞尽脑汁 jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī to rack one's brains
心绞痛 xīn jiǎo tòng angina
绞痛 jiǎo tòng sharp pain; cramp; griping pain; colic; angina, cf 心绞痛
心如刀绞 xīn dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
绞车 jiǎo chē winch; windlass
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Example Sentences
1
Then we grind all the meat in the mincing machine.
2
If I could, I'd hang people day and night.
3
With the hinge cover removed, we now remove the screw right under the hinge.
4
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You tempt Him to wring them, till He forces a cry of humiliation.
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And in order to give this science plausibility, its promulgators have always fastened upon it morality.