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Meaning of 绞

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绞 (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: 糸
Pictophonetic:交 indicates the sound; 纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 纟 [ sī ] silk; thread
    • 交 [ jiāo ] to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
Similar Characters: 狡 校 郊 效 跤 饺 咬 烄
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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 rú 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
然后我们把所有肉放进绞肉机绞碎
。
Then we grind all the meat in the mincing machine.
2
如果可能的话
,
我愿意夜以继日地绞人
。
If I could, I'd hang people day and night.
3
打开绞丝盖后
,
我们现在取下绞丝下面用来固定的螺丝
。
With the hinge cover removed, we now remove the screw right under the hinge.
4
你使得上帝来绞扭你的心和神经
,
一直到他迫使你发出屈服的呼喊为止
。
You tempt Him to wring them, till He forces a cry of humiliation.
5
为了赋予这门学问近乎真理的面貌
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其传播者总是把它同道德绞在一起
。
And in order to give this science plausibility, its promulgators have always fastened upon it morality.