HSK 6 · Verbs

拧 níng “to twist” in Chinese

Traditional 擰

What 拧 means

  1. to twist
  2. to wring
  3. to pinch

How to say 拧

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拧níng2nd tone, rising

拧 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆拧干毛巾挂起来晾干。

    Tāngmǔ nínggān máojīn guà qǐlai liànggān.

    Tom wrung out the towel and hung it up to dry.

    Sentence #4757251 from Tatoeba

  2. 拧 is read nǐng when it means “to screw (tight)”

    现在你只要拧紧螺丝，就大功告成了。

    Xiànzài nǐ zhǐyào nǐngjǐn luósī, jiù dàgōnggàochéng le.

    Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob’s your uncle.

    Sentence #13545651 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 拧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 拧 (níng) with each of its parts in a different colour
拧níngto pinch
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 宁calm · níngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 宁 (níng) hints at the sound. Compare it with níng.

How to write 拧

拧 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

拧 (níng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 拧 (níng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 拧

More words: Common Verbs

目睹mùdǔ · to witness沐浴mùyù · to bathe拟定nǐdìng · to draw up捏niē · to pinch凝视níngshì · to gaze at扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around挪nuó · to move趴pā · to lie face down

FAQs

拧 (níng) means “to twist” or “to wring”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it níng: níng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 拧 is written 擰. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ning with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拧 from the suggestions. Typing ning into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拧 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.