拐 (guǎi) means Turns. Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他说话喜欢 拐 弯。
Tā shuō huà xǐhuan guǎi wān.
He likes to speak in a roundabout way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拐弯
前面路口向左 拐 弯。
Qiánmiàn lùkǒu xiàng zuǒ guǎi wān.
Turn left at the intersection ahead.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 拐弯
老人拄着 拐 杖慢慢走。
Lǎorén zhǔzhe guǎizhàng mànmàn zǒu.
The old man walked slowly leaning on a stick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拄
请一直走，然后向左 拐 。
Qǐng yìzhí zǒu, ránhòu xiàng zuǒ guǎi.
Please go straight on, then turn left.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 直
爷爷拄着 拐 杖慢慢地走。
Yéye zhǔzhe guǎizhàng mànmàn de zǒu.
Grandpa walks slowly leaning on his stick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拐杖
腿伤好了以后他就不用 拐 杖了。
Tuǐ shāng hǎo le yǐhòu tā jiù búyòng guǎizhàng le.
Once his leg healed he no longer needed the crutch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拐杖
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From the graded readers
原来那个声音不是搬东西，是他的 拐 杖。
yuánlái nèigè shēngyīn búshì bān dōngxī, shì tāde guǎi zhàng.
So the noise wasn't furniture at all — it was his walking stick.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
他说：“很远，你一直往前走，到第二个路口往左 拐 。”
tā shuō:" hěn yuǎn, nǐ yìzhí wǎng / wàng qián zǒu, dào dì'èr gè lù kǒu wǎng / wàng zuǒ guǎi."
He said, "It's a long way. Go straight on and turn left at the second junction."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
Words that contain 拐
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 拐
How is 拐 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 拐 (guǎi, "Turns"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 拐 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拐 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 拐?
The dictionary page for 拐 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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