拗

to pull, to drag; perverse, obstinate; bent, warped; (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape); (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient; stubborn; perverse; contrary

Strokes
8
Pinyin
ǎo, ào, niù

Parts

Words with 拗

  1. 执拗zhí niù · zhiniustubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4]
  2. 拗口ào kǒu · aokouhard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
  3. 拗断ǎo duàn · aoduan(dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)
  4. 硬拗yìng ào · yingao(Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ngē-áu]); Taiwan pr. [ying4ao1]
  5. 违拗wéi ào · weiaoto disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)
  6. 三拗汤sān ào tāng · sanaotangsan'ao decoction (TCM)
  7. 拗不过niù bu guò · niubuguocan't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)
  8. 拗口令ào kǒu lìng · aokoulingtongue twister

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences