挽

輓

wǎn

HSK 7freq #14394

Meanings

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wǎn

1.variant of 挽[wǎn]
2.to draw (a cart)
3.to lament the dead

wǎn

1.to pull
2.to draw (a cart or a bow)
3.to roll up
4.to coil
5.to carry on the arm
6.to lament the dead
7.(fig.) to pull against
8.to recover

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Wiktionary

1.to pull
2.to pull back; to draw back
3.to grieve; to mourn; to lament (a person's death)
4.to save (damages, reputation, lost fortune, etc.); to recover; to reverse
5.to roll up; to coil
6.to pluck; to pick; to pull out; to pull up
7.to twist; to bend; to swing (one's body)
8.to hold back; to hold down; to grab; to restrain
9.to pull a muscle; to sprain; to overstrain (e.g. the ankle, wrist, tendon, lumbar vertebrae, etc.)
10.to be sulkingly obstinate
11.to endure; to persist; to put up with (an illness, injury, etc.)
12.to economize; to cut back; to moderate oneself; to limit oneself; to temper oneself
13.to pull through

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *monʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 免 (OC *mronʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

挽扌免

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。
I saw them walking arm in arm.

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Synonyms

扳拖拉動拉动拖拉拖曳牽引牵引哀悼悼念悲悼拉抻扽扯拽掹挷拔揄搝擢悶挽回捲起卷起摘拗

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Related words

挽救 to save 挽回 to retrieve 挽词 an elegy 挽近 old variant of 晚近[wǎn jìn]挽联 pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration 挽额 elegiac tablet 挽具 harness 挽诗 elegy 挽力 pulling power (of draft animals)挽歌 a dirge 推挽 to push and pull 挽尊 (neologism) (slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊严[wǎn huí zūn yán])