拧 (níng): to pinch, wring, mistake
拧 (níng) is a Chinese character meaning “to pinch.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 宁 (phonetic). It ranks #2836 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拧 hand. 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 pinch
- wring
- mistake
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拧成一股绳 | níng chéng yī gǔ shéng | to twist (strands) together to form a rope |
| 胳膊拧不过大腿 | gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ | (idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong |
| 拧开 | nǐng kāi | to unscrew |
| 满拧 | mǎn nǐng | totally inconsistent |
| 拧巴 | nǐng ba | (dialect) awkward |
拧 appears in 5 compound words: 60 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 20 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 拧 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
请拧出你的证件，配合我们的工作。
qǐng níng chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .
Please present your identification and cooperate with our work.
健康主题馆/长者肌少症 拧不干毛巾是警讯
jiàn kāng zhǔ tí guǎn cháng zhě jī shǎo zhèng níng bù gān máo jīn shì jǐng xùn
Health Theme Hall/Sarcopenia in the Elderly Unable to wring out the towel is a warning sign
汤姆拧干毛巾挂起来晾干。
Tāngmǔ níng gān máojīn guàqǐlái liànggān.
Tom wrung out the towel and hung it up to dry.
现在你只要拧紧螺丝，就大功告成了。
Xiànzài nǐ zhǐyào níng jǐn luósī, jiù dàgōnggàochéng le.
Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.
用拧檬汁代替醋。
Yòng níng méng zhī dàitì cù.
Use lemon juice instead of vinegar.
Character Family
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