Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

draw; pull; send funeral ode

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “wan” becomes a different word in each tone. 挽 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 挽救wǎn jiùto save; to remedy; to rescue
  • 挽回wǎn huíto retrieve; to redeem
  • 挽力wǎn lìpulling power (of draft animals)
  • 挽联wǎn liánpair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
  • 挽近wǎn jìnold variant of 晚近

Example Sentence

这件事已经无法挽回了。Zhè jiàn shì yǐ jīng wú fǎ wǎn huí le.This matter can no longer be remedied.

Zhèthisjiànitemshìmatter已经yǐ jīngalready无法wú fǎunable to挽回wǎn huíto retrievele(completed action)