拗

niù

Meanings

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niù

1.stubborn; perverse; contrary

ào

1.variant of 拗[ào]

ào

1.(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

ǎo

1.(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)

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Wiktionary

1.to defy; to disobey
2.hard to read
3.to bend; twist as to break
4.to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves, etc.)
5.to fold; to droop; to hem; to pleat
6.to coerce; to force; to compel; to oppress; to treat unjustly; to make false claims or deliberately misinterpret
7.to shortchange; to skimp; to scrimp; to give insufficiently
8.Classifier for folds of thin sheets.
9.stubborn; obstinate
10.to suppress; to repress
11.do not want; do not like to (expressing nonvolition)
12.do not need to; do not have to
13.do not; don't (as an imperative)

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Etymology

Unclear. Zhang (1993) and Zhang (2009) suggest that it might ultimately be derived from a contraction of either 勿 + 要 or 無／无 + 要.

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Stroke order

Components

拗扌幼

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

摘挽摺折勿莫1 毋無別不要別要 chiefly Hong Kong 別價甭價嫑甭1 休不敢不莫要咪咪個唔好冇咪個 dated 唔要無好毛冇要毋要毋愛

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Related words

违拗 to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)拗口 hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding 拗断 (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)硬拗 (Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu])执拗 stubborn; willful; pigheaded 拗口令 tongue twister 拗不过 can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)三拗汤 san'ao decoction (TCM)