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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)
- (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
niù - stubborn; perverse; contrary
- variant of 拗[ao4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 32,302 21,848 18,166

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Pictophonetic

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Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 32,302 21,848 18,166
拗口 - - 40,178 64,140 42,494
执拗 - - 48,410 41,242 30,416
拗不过 - - 75,813 - -