拐 - guǎi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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拐

guǎi

Definition

to turn (a corner etc)
to kidnap
to swindle
to misappropriate
walking stick
crutch
seven (used as a substitute for 七)

Character Decomposition

Related words (21)

拐卖

guǎi mài

human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell

拐子

guǎi zi

crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper

拐弯

guǎi wān

to go round a curve; to turn a corner; (fig.) a new direction

拐杖

guǎi zhàng

crutches; crutch; walking stick

cane; walking stick

turning point; breaking point; inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)

拐角

guǎi jiǎo

to turn a corner; corner

swindle; abduct

corner; bend

crutches

to turn left (Shanghainese)

cheekbone; ankle

to turn right (Shanghainese)

to use a crutch

children's game, similar to knucklebones

to abduct; to kidnap

to turn right

to turn left

abductor

to limp; to hobble

to swindle; to cheat

Idioms (3)

拐弯抹角

guǎi wān mò jiǎo

(lit.) going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush

曲里拐弯

qū lǐ guǎi wān

winding and turning (idiom)

胳膊肘朝外拐

gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi

the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

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