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Character Decomposition
拐=扌+另
Etymology
To take another 另 by force 扌
Meanings
to turn (a corner etc)
to kidnap
to swindle
to misappropriate
seven (used as a substitute for 七 qī)
cane
walking stick
crutch
old man's staff
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Words with 拐 65 total
cheekbone · ankle孤拐gū guǎito abduct; to kidnap诱拐yòu guǎito turn left (Shanghainese)大拐dà guǎito turn right (Shanghainese)小拐xiǎo guǎito be on crutches; to use a cane拄拐zhǔ guǎicrutch · (derog.) lame person · kidnapper拐子guǎi zito go round a curve · to turn a corner · fig. a new direction拐弯guǎi wāncrutches · crutch · walking stick拐杖guǎi zhàngcane · walking stick拐棍guǎi gùnto turn a corner · corner拐角guǎi jiǎohuman trafficking · to abduct and sell · to kidnap and sell拐卖guǎi màiswindle · abduct拐骗guǎi piànturning point · breaking point · inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)拐点guǎi diǎnto use a crutch架拐jià guǎichildren's game, similar to knucklebones羊拐yáng guǎicrutches双拐shuāng guǎito swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking顺拐shùn guǎito turn right向右拐xiàng yòu guǎito turn left向左拐xiàng zuǒ guǎierhua variant of guǎi wān拐弯儿guǎi wān rcorner · bend拐弯处guǎi wān chùstreet corner拐角处guǎi jiǎo chùIron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine李铁拐Lǐ Tiě guǎiShiguai, a district of Baotou City, Inner Mongolia石拐区Shí guǎi Qū
Idioms with 拐 7 total Chain
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) · fig. to speak in a roundabout way · to equivocate · to beat about the bush拐弯抹角guǎi wān mò jiǎo(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive坑蒙拐骗kēng mēng guǎi piàn(idiom) twisting and turning · (idiom) tricky and complicated七弯八拐qī wān bā guǎiwinding and turning (idiom)曲里拐弯qū lǐ guǎi wān
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