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.
这Zhèthis件jiànitem事shìmatter已经yǐ jīngalready无法wú fǎunable to挽回wǎn huíto retrieve了le(completed action)。