拐

枴

guǎi

HSK 6freq #7146

Meanings

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guǎi

1.cane
2.walking stick
3.crutch
4.old man's staff

guǎi

1.variant of 拐[guǎi]

guǎi

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

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Wiktionary

1.to turn
2.to kidnap; to abduct
3.to misappropriate
4.walking stick; cane
5.the numeral seven (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
6.wrong; incorrect

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡʷroːlʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 冎 (OC *kroːlʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

拐扌另

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我往右拐了。
I turned right.
我們拐錯彎了。
We took a wrong turn.
不要拐彎抹角。
Don't beat about the bush.
不要拐彎抹角。
Don't beat around the bush.

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Synonyms

手杖扶杖拐子拄拐拐杖拄杖拐棍文明棍青藜轉斡彎七過誤誤謬謬誤訛錯不對錯誤左差唔啱唔著賺毋著唔對無著造

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Related words

拐杖 crutches 拐弯 to go round a curve 小拐 to turn right (Shanghainese)拐棍 cane 拐角 to turn a corner 拐骗 swindle 大拐 to turn left (Shanghainese)羊拐 children's game, similar to knucklebones 拐子 crutch 诱拐 to abduct; to kidnap 拐点 turning point 双拐 crutches