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拧
擰
nǐng
v./adj. (of a cap or screw) to screw, to twist; reversed, mistaken; contradicting, disagreeable
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Other meanings
[níng]v. twist, wring (wet towel or clothes); tweak
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
我拧瓶盖没拧开,你来试试?
我寧瓶蓋沒擰開,你來試試?
wó nǐng píng gài méi nǐng kāi,nǐ lái shì shi ?
phr. I couldn't twist open the cap, will you try?
拧开
擰開
nǐng kāi
phr. unscrew, twist open
拧紧
擰緊
níng jǐn
phr. screw, twist (until its) tightly closed
两个人越说越拧。
兩個人越說越擰。
liǎng gè rén yuè shuō yuè nǐng .
phr. The more the two people talked, the more they disagreed.
他把话说拧了,把大家都逗笑了。
他把話說擰了,把大家都逗笑了。
tā bǎ huà shuō nǐng le, bǎ dà jiā dōu dòu xiào le .
phr. He meant to say one thing but got it the other way round, and set everyone laughing.