拧
níngnǐngnìng HSK7

pinch

拧 擰 níng frequency
to wring verb
to twist an object with both hands to extract liquid or change its shape

拧干所有多余水分，然后穿袜子。

níng gān suǒ​yǒu duō​yú shuǐ​fèn, rán​hòu chuān wà​zi.

Wring out all the excess water and put the socks on.

to pinch
to grip and twist someone's skin with the fingers; to tweak
拧 擰 nǐng
to screw
to screw, turn, or twist a knob, lid, or bolt in a specific direction
mistaken
to be confused, inverted, or wrong (of information, words, etc.)
at odds
to be in disagreement; to be at loggerheads or in conflict with someone
拧 擰 nìng
stubborn
(colloquial) stubborn or pigheaded; having a persistent and difficult temperament

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,178th most common 7.90 per million
Movie subtitles
2,808th most common 4.85 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.77 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
11.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
擰
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62E7

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