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拐 gwaai2 {guǎi}

  1. to turn (a corner etc)
  2. to kidnap
  3. to swindle
  4. to misappropriate
  5. walking stick
  6. crutch
  7. seven (used as a substitute for 七)

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拐走 gwaai2 zau2 {guǎi zǒu}

to kidnap

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枴杖〔拐-〕 gwaai2 zoeng2 {guǎi zhàng}

a walking stick; a crutch

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拐點〔-点〕 gwaai2 dim2 {guǎi diǎn}

  1. turning point
  2. breaking point
  3. inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)

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拐角 gwaai2 gok3 {guǎi jiǎo}

to turn a corner

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拐棍 gwaai2 gwan3 {guǎi gùn}

  1. cane
  2. walking stick

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拐賣〔-卖〕 gwaai2 maai6 {guǎi mài}

  1. human trafficking
  2. to abduct and sell
  3. to kidnap and sell

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拐騙〔-骗〕 gwaai2 pin3 {guǎi piàn}

  1. swindle
  2. abduct

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拐彎〔-弯〕 gwaai2 waan1 {guǎi wān}

  1. to go round a curve
  2. to turn a corner
  3. fig. a new direction

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拐子 gwaai2 zi2 {guǎi zi}

  1. crutch
  2. (derog.) lame person
  3. kidnapper

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拐杖 gwaai2 zoeng2 {guǎi zhàng}

  1. crutches
  2. crutch
  3. walking stick

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拐子佬 gwaai2 zi2 lou2 {guǎi zi lǎo}

a kidnapper; an abductor

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拐彎處〔-弯处〕 gwaai2 waan1 cyu3 {guǎi wān chù}

  1. corner
  2. bend

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拐彎抹角〔-弯--〕 gwaai2 waan1 mut3 gok3 {guǎi wān mò jiǎo}

  1. lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. to equivocate
  4. to beat about the bush

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