Chinese Word: 弯 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

弯 (Trad.: 彎)HSK 5

Pinyin: wān

English Definition: to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in the road etc); Classifiers: 道

Chinese Definition:
①屈曲不直：弯曲。弯度。弯腰。拐弯。转弯。
②使曲：弯弓(拉弓)。

Synonym: 曲

Antonyms: 直

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 弓

Ideographic:Like 亦 a bow 弓

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 亦 [ yì ] also, too; likewise
- 弓 [ gōng ] bow; curved, arched

Similar Characters: 穹

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弯腰	wān yāo	to stoop
弯曲	wān qū	to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
转弯	zhuǎn wān	to turn; to go around a corner
拐弯HSK 5	guǎi wān	to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
弯路	wān lù	winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth)

1		zhè ge 这个 shān lù 山路 wān wān 弯弯 guǎi 拐 guǎi 拐 de 的。 This mountain road twists and turns.
2		zhuǎn wān 转弯 hòu 后 zuǒ bian 左边 jiù shì 就是 xué xiào 学校。 The school is on the left after the turn.
3		kē xué jiā 科学家 fā xiàn 发现 kōng jiān 空间 kě yǐ 可以 wān qū 弯曲。 Scientists have found that space can be curved.
4		lù kǒu 路口 wǎng 往 dōng bian 东边 guǎi wān 拐弯 jiù 就 dào 到 le 了。 Turn right to the east at the intersection.
5		tā 她 wèn 问 wǒ 我 qián tou 前头 yǒu méi yǒu 有没有 guǎi wān chù 拐弯处。 She asked me if there was a turn up ahead.

1		zhè ge 这个 shān lù 山路 wān wān 弯弯 guǎi 拐 guǎi 拐 de 的。 This mountain road twists and turns.
2		zhuǎn wān 转弯 hòu 后 zuǒ bian 左边 jiù shì 就是 xué xiào 学校。 The school is on the left after the turn.
3		kē xué jiā 科学家 fā xiàn 发现 kōng jiān 空间 kě yǐ 可以 wān qū 弯曲。 Scientists have found that space can be curved.
4		lù kǒu 路口 wǎng 往 dōng bian 东边 guǎi wān 拐弯 jiù 就 dào 到 le 了。 Turn right to the east at the intersection.
5		tā 她 wèn 问 wǒ 我 qián tou 前头 yǒu méi yǒu 有没有 guǎi wān chù 拐弯处。 She asked me if there was a turn up ahead.