拐 (guǎi): to turn (a corner etc), to kidnap, to swindle
拐 (guǎi) is a Chinese character meaning “to turn (a corner etc).” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (structural) and 另 (structural). It ranks #2179 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拐 to take another 另 by force 扌. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to turn (a corner etc)
- to kidnap
- to swindle
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo take another 另 by force 扌
Decomposition: ⿰扌另 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 拐
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拐角 | guǎi jiǎo | to turn a corner |
| 拐杖 | guǎi zhàng | crutches |
| 诱拐 | yòu guǎi | to abduct |
| 拐弯抹角 | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) |
| 拐骗 | guǎi piàn | swindle |
| 拐卖 | guǎi mài | human trafficking |
| 拐子 | guǎi zi | crutch |
| 拐棍 | guǎi gùn | cane |
| 双拐 | shuāng guǎi | crutches |
| 石拐区 | shí guǎi qū | Shiguai, a district of Baotou City 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 拐角处 | guǎi jiǎo chù | street corner |
| 向左拐 | xiàng zuǒ guǎi | to turn left |
| 向右拐 | xiàng yòu guǎi | to turn right |
| 大拐 | dà guǎi | to turn left (Shanghainese) |
| 小拐 | xiǎo guǎi | to turn right (Shanghainese) |
拐 appears in 35 compound words: 34 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to entrap, make blind, swindle and deceive; the various fraud techniques
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 拐.
Example Sentences
妈妈拐着孩子的手,慢慢地过马路。
mā mā guǎi zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand and slowly crossed the street.
...孩子我就收!” 陆人口贩子“梅姨”超冷血拐卖9童当生意
. . . hái zǐ wǒ jiù shōu ! lù rén kǒu fàn zǐ méi yí chāo lěng xiě guǎi mài 9 tóng dāng shēng yì
"...I'll take the kids!" "Aunt Mei," a human trafficker from Lu, callously trafficked nine children as a business
暗杀行动火上浇油,中东危局难见拐点
àn shā háng dòng huǒ shàng jiāo yóu , zhōng dōng wēi jú nán jiàn guǎi diǎn
Assassination adds fuel to the fire; no end in sight for the Middle East crisis
油塘老翁疑用拐杖袭击白鸽惹街坊报案 警发现鸽尸 暂无人...
yóu táng lǎo wēng yí yòng guǎi zhàng xí jī bái gē rě jiē fāng bào àn jǐng fā xiàn gē shī zàn wú rén . . .
The old man in Yau Tong is suspected of attacking the white pigeon with a cane, causing neighbors to report the case, and the police found the pigeon corpse and no one was there...
...(159870)收涨超3.5%,化工景气拐点逐渐明朗-FX168
. . . ( 1 5 9 8 7 0 ) shōu zhǎng chāo 3 . 5 , huà gōng jǐng qì guǎi diǎn zhú jiān míng lǎng F X 1 6 8
... (159870) closed up more than 3.5%, and the inflection point of the chemical boom gradually became clear - FX168
恶劣!男疑拐浪浪回家 从5楼抛下画面曝
è liè ! nán yí guǎi làng làng huí jiā cóng 5 lóu pāo xià huà miàn pù
Bad! The man was suspected of abducting Langlang home and dropped the picture from the 5th floor to expose
绿灯时,拐弯车要让人。
Lǜdēng shí, guǎiwān chē yào ràng rén.
When the light is green, cars turning must yield to pedestrians.
自从我弄断了两条腿,我就拄着拐杖走路了。
Zìcóng wǒ nòng duàn le liǎng tiáo tuǐ, wǒ jiù zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng zǒulù le.
I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.
我的祖父要用拐杖才能走路。
Wǒ de zǔfù yào yòng guǎizhàng cáinéng zǒulù.
My grandfather cannot walk without a stick.
这个老人拄着一根拐杖走路。
Zhège lǎorén zhǔ zhe yī gēn guǎizhàng zǒu lù.
The old man walked with a stick.
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