挽 (wǎn): to pull, to draw (a cart or a bow), to roll up
挽 (wǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to pull.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 免 (phonetic). It ranks #2170 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 挽 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 pull
- to draw (a cart or a bow)
- to roll up
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挽救 | wǎn jiù | to save |
| 挽回 | wǎn huí | to retrieve |
| 挽留 | wǎn liú | to urge to stay |
| 力挽狂澜 | lì wǎn kuáng lán | to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom) |
| 无可挽回 | wú kě wǎn huí | irrevocable |
| 挽具 | wǎn jù | harness |
| 挽歌 | wǎn gē | a dirge |
| 不可挽回 | bù kě wǎn huí | irreversible |
| 挽力 | wǎn lì | pulling power (of draft animals) |
| 挽近 | wǎn jìn | old variant of 晚近[wan3 jin4] |
| 挽联 | wǎn lián | pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration |
| 推挽 | tuī wǎn | to push and pull |
| 挽词 | wǎn cí | an elegy |
| 挽额 | wǎn é | elegiac tablet |
| 挽尊 | wǎn zūn | (neologism) (slang) to salvage a bit of dignity (abbr. for 挽回尊嚴|挽回尊严[wan3 hui2 zun1 yan2]) |
挽 appears in 18 compound words: 78 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 17 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 挽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
他挽了一个电话，约朋友晚上一起吃饭。
tā wǎn le yī gě diàn huà , yāo péng yǒu wǎn shǎng yī qǐ chī fàn .
He made a phone call to invite his friends out for dinner that evening.
挽救出生率 中国2025起育儿补贴524亿
wǎn jiù chū shēng lǜ zhōng guó 2 0 2 5 qǐ yù ér bǔ tiē 5 2 4 yì
To Boost Birth Rates, China to Provide 52.4 Billion Yuan in Child-Rearing Subsidies Starting in 2025
柬埔寨打击网诈挽回中国游客信心
jiǎn bù zhài dǎ jī wǎng zhà wǎn huí zhōng guó yóu kè xìn xīn
Cambodia Cracks Down on Online Fraud to Restore Chinese Tourists' Confidence
东方日报C1:赵薇潜入戏院吸客 难挽票房颓势
dōng fāng rì bào C 1 : zhào 薇 qián rù xì yuàn xī kè nán wǎn piào fáng tuí shì
Oriental Daily C1: Zhao Wei Sneaks Into Theaters to Attract Audiences, but Can't Reverse Box Office Slump
挽袖捐血纾解血荒!台湾中油公司石化事业部举...
wǎn xiù juān xiě 纾 jiě xiě huāng ! tái wān zhōng yóu gōng sī shí huà shì yè bù jǔ . . .
Roll up your sleeves and donate blood to help ease the blood shortage! CPC Corporation, Taiwan's Petrochemical Division is organizing...
...能拿回人生主控权...水瓶果断离开、他力挽狂澜
. . . néng ná huí rén shēng zhǔ kòng quán . . . shuǐ píng guǒ duàn lí kāi , tā lì wǎn kuáng lán
... Can regain control of life... Aquarius decisively left, and he turned the tide
我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。
Wǒ kànjiàn tāmen gēbo wǎn zhe gēbo de zǒulù.
I saw them walking arm in arm.
Character Family
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