挪 (nuó): to shift, to move
挪 (nuó) is a Chinese character meaning “to shift.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 那 (phonetic). It ranks #2154 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挪 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 shift
- to move
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挪开 | nuó kāi | to move (sth) aside |
| 挪威 | nuó wēi | Norway |
| 挪用 | nuó yòng | to shift (funds) |
| 挪动 | nuó dòng | to move |
| 树挪死，人挪活 | shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó | lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom) |
| 展转腾挪 | zhǎn zhuǎn téng nuó | see 閃轉騰挪|闪转腾挪[shan3 zhuan3 teng2 nuo2] |
| 挪亚方舟 | nuó yà fāng zhōu | Noah's ark |
| 挪亚 | nuó yà | Noah |
| 闪转腾挪 | shǎn zhuǎn téng nuó | to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts) |
| 挪窝儿 | nuó wō r | (dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place) |
| 挪借 | nuó jiè | to borrow money for a short time |
| 腾挪 | téng nuó | to move |
挪 appears in 12 compound words: 67 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 8 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 挪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
挪照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
nuó zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
美挪用军购资金 瑞士强烈不满
měi nuó yòng jūn gòu zī jīn ruì shì qiáng liè bù mǎn
Switzerland Strongly Disapproves of U.S. Misappropriation of Military Procurement Funds
挪威股市上涨;截至收盘挪威OSE总回报指数...
nuó wēi gǔ shì shàng zhǎng ; jié zhì shōu pán nuó wēi O S E zǒng huí bào zhǐ shǔ . . .
Norway stocks higher at close of trade; Norway OSE Total Return Index
挪威王室深陷丑闻之际 89岁国王哈拉德五世...
nuó wēi wáng shì shēn xiàn chǒu wén zhī jì 8 9 suì guó wáng hā lā dé wǔ shì . . .
The Norwegian royal family is mired in scandal 89-year-old King Harald V...
广西“新春第一会”倡议把“办公桌”挪到一线 用脚步丈量民意
guǎng xī xīn chūn dì yī huì chàng yì bǎ bàn gōng zhuō nuó dào yī xiàn yòng jiǎo bù zhàng liàng mín yì
Guangxi's "First New Year" initiative moves the "desk" to the front line and measures public opinion with footsteps
把椅子挪一挪靠近桌子。
Bǎ yǐzi nuó yī nuó kàojìn zhuōzi.
Move the chair nearer to the desk.
挪威位于北欧，是个高度发展的国家。
Nuówēi wèiyú Běi ōu, shì ge gāodù fāzhǎn de guójiā.
Norway, located in Northern Europe, is a highly developed country.
玛丽亚在教我挪威语。
Mǎlìyà zài jiāo wǒ Nuówēi yǔ.
Maria teaches me Norwegian.
我喜欢挪威语言。
Wǒ xǐhuan Nuówēi yǔyán.
I love the Norwegian language!
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced nuó
Frequently Asked Questions
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