弯 (彎)
wān
Pinyin

Definition

弯 (彎)
 - 
wān
  1. to bend
  2. bent
  3. a bend
  4. a turn (in the road etc)
  5. CL:道[dào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

弯
wān
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 bent
  3. 3 a bend
  4. 4 a turn (in the road etc)
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
弯曲
wān qū
  1. 1 to bend
  2. 2 to curve around
  3. 3 curved
  4. 4 crooked
  5. 5 to wind
  6. 6 to warp
转弯
zhuǎn wān
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to go around a corner
弯弯
Wān wān
  1. 1 Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist
弯腰
wān yāo
  1. 1 to stoop

Idioms (2)

拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哎呀！这...您没警告我这是脑筋急转弯呐，我这死脑筋哪里转得过来？
āiyā ！zhè . . . nín méi jǐnggào wǒ zhè shì nǎojīnjízhuǎnwān nà ，wǒ zhè sǐnǎojīn nǎli zhuǎn de guòlai ？
Oh damn! This... you didn't warn me that it there was a twist. How is this blasted brain of mine able to twist?
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拐着弯骂我是懒人了？真有你的！不跟你说了，我跟朋友约好要去登山抓宝咯！
guǎizhewān mà wǒ shì lǎn rén le ？zhēnyǒunǐde ！bù gēn nǐ shuō le ，wǒ gēn péngyou yuē hǎo yào qù dēngshān zhuābǎo lo ！
Are you insinuating that I'm a couch potato? You really take the biscuit! I'm done talking to you. I've arranged to go on a Pokémon hunting hike in the mountains with friends!
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然而，愉快的情绪突然之间被打断，一辆超速转弯的车子冲了出来，差点儿撞上他。
ránér ，yúkuài de qíngxù tūrán zhījiān bèi dǎduàn ，yī liàng chāosù zhuǎnwān de chēzi chōng le chūlái ，chàdiǎnr zhuàng shàng tā 。
However, his happiness was interrupted all of a sudden. A car, which was speeding, appeared out of nowhere, almost crashing into him.
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乐广在家中思来想去、东翻西找，最后在客厅一抬头便看见墙上挂了一只弓，弯弯曲曲地像条蛇似的。脑中突然灵光一闪，心想：该不会和这只弓有关吧？于是乐广发挥了科学办案的精神，决定来个案情重组。
YuèGuǎng zài jiā zhōng sīláixiǎngqù 、dōngfānxīzhǎo ，zuìhòu zài kètīng yī táitóu biàn kànjiàn qiáng shàng guà le yī zhī gōng ，wānwānqūqū de xiàng tiáo shé shìde 。nǎozhōng tūrán língguāngyìshǎn ，xīnxiǎng ：gāi bùhuì hé zhè zhī gōng yǒuguān ba ？yúshì YuèGuǎng fāhuī le kēxué bànàn de jīngshén ，juédìng lái ge ànqíng chóngzǔ 。
Yue Guang racked his brain and searched everywhere at his place. Finally, he looked up in the living room and saw a bow hanging on the wall. The bow looks twisted like a snake. A light bulb went on in his brain, "Could the bow has something to do with this?" He thought. Then he decided to reorganise the case with the spirit of tackling this case using science.
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你看，他要转弯，你让他，让一让。
nǐ kàn ，tā yào zhuǎnwān ，nǐ ràng tā ，ràng yi ràng 。
Look, he wants to turn, let him go, let him go.
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你说转弯就转弯，也没打灯...
nǐ shuō zhuǎnwān jiù zhuǎnwān ，yě méi dǎdēng
You just turn when you want to turn, didn't even indicate...
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嗯？你这是拐着弯骂人吗？
ng4 ？nǐ zhè shì guǎizhewān màrén ma ？
Huh? Are you calling me out in a roundabout way?
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好，三、二、一，手肘弯，上半身慢慢回到原来的位置，放松。
hǎo ，sān 、èr 、yī ，shǒuzhǒu wān ，shàngbànshēn mànmàn huí dào yuánlái de wèizhi ，fàngsōng 。
OK, three, two, one, twist your elbows, then return your upper body to its original position and relax.
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深呼吸，前弯。前弯的时候，从髋关节这边弯。
shēn hūxī ，qiánwān 。qián de shíhou ，cóng kuānguānjié zhèbiān wān 。
Take a deep breath, bend forward. When you are bending forward, bend from the pelvis.
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膝盖稍微弯曲，会好一点儿。
xīgài shāowēi wānqū ，huì hǎo yīdiǎnr 。
Bend your knees a little, it will be a little better.
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