拐
guǎi
Pinyin

Definition

拐
 - 
guǎi
  1. to turn (a corner etc)
  2. to kidnap
  3. to swindle
  4. to misappropriate
  5. walking stick
  6. crutch
  7. seven (used as a substitute for 七[qī])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

拐
guǎi
  1. 1 to turn (a corner etc)
  2. 2 to kidnap
  3. 3 to swindle
  4. 4 to misappropriate
  5. 5 walking stick
  6. 6 crutch
  7. 7 seven (used as a substitute for 七[qī])
拐骗
guǎi piàn
  1. 1 swindle
  2. 2 abduct
拐弯
guǎi wān
  1. 1 to go round a curve
  2. 2 to turn a corner
  3. 3 fig. a new direction
拐杖
guǎi zhàng
  1. 1 crutches
  2. 2 crutch
  3. 3 walking stick
拐角
guǎi jiǎo
  1. 1 to turn a corner
  2. 2 corner

Idioms (3)

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)
胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
  1. 1 the elbow turns the wrong way
  2. 2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

Sample Sentences

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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好的！它只是在几个街区外。走到街道尽头左拐，星巴克就在右边。
hǎo de ！tā zhǐshì zài jǐge jiēqū wài 。zǒu dào jiēdào jìntóu zuóguǎi ，Xīngbākè jiù zài yòubian 。
Sure! It's just a few blocks away. Go to the end of the street and turn left. It is on the right.
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好的，我从这里走下去然后左拐？我就应该看到了吧？
hǎo de ，wǒ cóng zhèlǐ zǒu xiàqù ránhòu zuǒ guǎi ？wǒ jiù yīnggāi kàndào le ba ？
Okay, I go down here and then turn left, I should see it then, right?
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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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是啊。就在前面拐角处。有最专业的教练，最先进完备的健身器材和配套洗浴设施，您绝对不能错过！
shì a 。jiù zài qiánmian guǎijiǎo chù 。yǒu zuì zhuānyè de jiàoliàn ，zuì xiānjìn wánbèi de jiànshēn qìcái hé pèitào xǐyù shèshī ，nín juéduì bùnéng cuòguò ！
Yes, we are. It's just up there at the corner. We have the most professional trainers, the most advanced and complete exercise equipment and complete set of bathing facilities. You absolutely can't miss out on it!
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好好，左拐，往前开！
hǎo hǎo ，zuǒ guǎi ，wǎng qián kāi ！
Okay, turn left. Drive forward!
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哦，出门左拐就到了。
ò ，chūmén zuǒguǎi jiù dào le 。
OK. Take a left out of the door and you’re there.
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这就要看情况了。有一些小孩子其实是被大人控制了，才出来乞讨的。有一次，地铁里一个男人带着一个孩子乞讨，大家都以为孩子是被拐卖的，还报警了呢。结果，那个男人还真的是孩子的爸爸。不过有一些残疾人可能真的需要帮助。
zhè jiùyào kàn qíngkuàng le 。yǒuyīxiē xiǎo háizi qíshí shì bèi dàren kòngzhì le ，cái chūlai qǐtǎo de 。yǒuyīcì ，dìtiě lǐ yī gè nánrén dài zhe yī gè háizi qǐtǎo ，dàjiā dōu yǐwéi háizi shì bèi guǎimài de ，hái bàojǐng le ne 。jiéguǒ ，nàge nánrén hái zhēnde shì háizi de bàba 。bùguò yǒuyīxiē cánjírén kěnéng zhēnde xūyào bāngzhù 。
This depends on the stituation. Some kids are actually being controlled by adults, and made to go out and beg. One time, on the subway a man was carrying a child and begging. Everyone thought that the child had been abducted and reported it to the police. It turned out that the man was really the child's father. However, handicapped people could really be in need of help.
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陕西路是单行道，下去不能右拐，只能左拐。
Shǎnxī Lù shì dānxíngdào ，xiàqu bùnéng yòuguǎi ，zhǐnéng zuǒguǎi 。
Shaanxi Road is a one-way street. After I get off, I can't turn right. I can only turn left.
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那就左拐吧。
nà jiù zuǒguǎi ba 。
Then just turn left.
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