Definition
挽 (wǎn) means 'to roll up (sleeves/trousers)' or 'to carry on the arm (linking arms)'. Unlike 缠 (chán, to wind around) or 盘 (pán, to coil), 挽 involves folding fabric upward or linking arms with someone. It also appears in compounds like 挽回 (to retrieve).
verb
to roll up (sleeves, trousers)to carry on the armto link armsto lament the dead (used in compounds like 挽联, 挽歌)
Easily confused
- 晚wǎnlook-alikelate
- 玩wánsound-aliketo play; to have fun
- 完wánsound-aliketo finish
- 万wànsound-aliketen thousand
- 碗wǎnsound-alikebowl
- 弯wānsound-aliketo bend; bent
- 丸wánsound-alike(noun) small round object; ball; pellet; pill
Examples
- 挽。Tā wǎn qǐ xiùzi jiù kāishǐ gànhuó.He rolled up his sleeves and started working.
- 挽。Tā wǎn zhe māma de shǒubì mànmàn zǒu.She walked slowly with her arm linked through her mother's.
- 挽。Tā wǎn zhe nánpéngyou de gēbo.She linked arms with her boyfriend.
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