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拗
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Translingual
Han character
拗 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手女戈尸 (QVIS), four-corner 54027, composition ⿰扌幼)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11962
- Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 6
- Unihan data for U+62D7
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ào
- Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ào
- Wade–Giles: ao4
- Yale: àu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
- Palladius: ао (ao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: aau3
- Yale: aau
- Cantonese Pinyin: aau3
- Guangdong Romanization: ao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /aːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: áu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɑu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːws/
Definitions
拗
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): aau2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): áu
- Eastern Min (BUC): ā
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áu / auh
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5au; 1au
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
- Wade–Giles: ao3
- Yale: ǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
- Palladius: ао (ao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: aau2
- Yale: áau
- Cantonese Pinyin: aau2
- Guangdong Romanization: ao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /aːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: áu
- Hakka Romanization System: auˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: au3
- Sinological IPA: /au̯³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ā
- Sinological IPA (key): /a³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu
- Tâi-lô: áu
- Phofsit Daibuun: ao
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: auh
- Tâi-lô: auh
- Phofsit Daibuun: auq
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /auʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'aewX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːwʔ/
Definitions
拗
- (dialectal) to bend; twist as to break
- (Hakka) to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves, etc.)
- (Hokkien) to fold; to droop; to hem; to pleat
- (Hokkien) to coerce; to force; to compel; to oppress; to treat unjustly; to make false claims or deliberately misinterpret
- (Hokkien) to shortchange; to skimp; to scrimp; to give insufficiently
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for folds of thin sheets.
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: niù
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: niòu
- Wade–Giles: niu4
- Yale: nyòu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niow
- Palladius: ню (nju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: áu
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɑu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
Definitions
拗
Compounds
- 一不拗眾 / 一不拗众
- 憋拗
- 拗性
- 拗相公
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yù
- Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yù
- Wade–Giles: yü4
- Yale: yù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
- Palladius: юй (juj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: juk6
- Yale: yuhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: juk9
- Guangdong Romanization: yug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
拗
Compounds
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: aau3
- Yale: aau
- Cantonese Pinyin: aau3
- Guangdong Romanization: ao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /aːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Definitions
拗
Compounds
Etymology 6
Unclear. Zhang (1993) and Zhang (2009) suggest that it might ultimately be derived from a contraction of either 勿 + 要 or 無/无 + 要. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Haimen Shadi, Wugniu):
1au
, IPA(key): /ɔ⁵⁴/
- (Haimen Shadi, Wugniu):
Definitions
拗 (Shadi Wu)
- do not want; do not like to (expressing nonvolition)
- do not need to; do not have to
- 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 海門方言語法專題研究 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 72:
- 2008, 王洪鐘 [Wang Hongzhong], 海門方言語法專題研究 [Studies on Selected Topics of Haimenese Grammar], page 72:
- do not; don't (as an imperative)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 拗客氣 / 拗客气
- 拗……得
- 拗要
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01549
- “拗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese
Kanji
拗
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
拗 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
拗: Hán Nôm readings: húc, ao, áo, ảo, nữu
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