Chinese Word: 蜿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蜿

Pinyin: wān

English Definition: to move (as snake)

Chinese Definition:
①(蜿蜒)a。蛇爬行的样子；b。弯弯曲曲地延伸。[合]蜿转(盘曲转动的样子)；蜿蝉(蛟龙盘屈的样子)；蜿绕(蜿蜒盘绕。)

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 虫

Ideographic:Crooked 宛 like an insect 虫; 宛 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 虫 [ chóng ] insect, worm; mollusk
- 宛 [ wǎn ] to seem; as if; crooked

Similar Characters: 帵碗婉腕

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蜿蜒	wān yán	to wriggle; snaking; winding; to zigzag; to meander
蜿蜒曲折	wān yán qū zhé	(by) twists and turns; to meander; to zigzag (idiom)
蜿蜒而上	wān yán ér shàng	to wriggle up (to...) (idiom)

1		xiǎo xī 小溪 wān 蜿 tíng 蜓 liú guò 流过 shān gǔ 山谷。 The stream winds through the valley.
2		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xī liú 溪流 wān 蜿 liú guò 流过 mù chǎng 牧场。 The brook meandered through the meadow.
3		nà 那 tiáo 条 hé liú 河流 wān 蜿 de 地 liú guò 流过 píng yuán 平原。 The river wanders over the plain.
4		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xiǎo lù 小路 qū zhé 曲折 wān 蜿 ér 而 shàng xié pō 上斜坡。 The path climbed zigzag up the slope.
5		nà 那 bù 部 chē zi 车子 wān 蜿 jǐ 挤 guò 过 jiāo tōng 交通 zǔ sè 阻塞 de 的 dào lù 道路。 The car corkscrewed through the traffic jam.

1		xiǎo xī 小溪 wān 蜿 tíng 蜓 liú guò 流过 shān gǔ 山谷。 The stream winds through the valley.
2		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xī liú 溪流 wān 蜿 liú guò 流过 mù chǎng 牧场。 The brook meandered through the meadow.
3		nà 那 tiáo 条 hé liú 河流 wān 蜿 de 地 liú guò 流过 píng yuán 平原。 The river wanders over the plain.
4		zhè 这 tiáo 条 xiǎo lù 小路 qū zhé 曲折 wān 蜿 ér 而 shàng xié pō 上斜坡。 The path climbed zigzag up the slope.
5		nà 那 bù 部 chē zi 车子 wān 蜿 jǐ 挤 guò 过 jiāo tōng 交通 zǔ sè 阻塞 de 的 dào lù 道路。 The car corkscrewed through the traffic jam.