扭
niǔ HSK6

turn

扭 niǔ
sprain verb
to twist or wrench a joint or muscle, causing injury

他在下楼梯时扭了脚。

tā zài xià lóu​tī shí niǔ le jiǎo.

He twisted his foot while going downstairs.

swing hips verb
to sway or wiggle one's hips or body rhythmically while walking or dancing

她扭着身子跳起了舞。

tā niǔ zhe shēn​zi tiào qǐ le wǔ.

She swayed her body as she started to dance.

turn verb
to turn, rotate, or twist a body part or an object

他扭过头，朝我笑了笑。

tā niǔ guo tóu, cháo wǒ xiào le xiào.

He turned his head and smiled at me.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,805th most common 46.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,689th most common 32.4 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.2 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
16.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+626D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)