擰
nǐngníngnìng HSK7

pinch

拧 (擰) nǐng frequency
twist verb
to rotate, screw, or turn

别把螺丝拧得太紧。

bié bǎ luó​sī nǐng de tài jǐn.

Don't tighten the screw too much.

mistaken verb
to be at odds, wrong, or misunderstood

这两件事让他给说拧了。

zhè liǎng jiàn shì ràng tā gěi shuō nǐng le.

He got these two things mixed up when he explained them.

拧 (擰) níng
pinch verb
to squeeze or grip something, typically skin, between the finger and thumb

他拧了一下我的脸蛋。

tā níng le yī​xià wǒ de liǎn​dàn.

He pinched my cheek.

wring verb
to twist and squeeze something to force liquid out from it

先把湿衣服拧干再晾。

xiān bǎ shī yī​fu níng gān zài liàng.

Wring out the wet clothes before hanging them to dry.

拧 (擰) nìng
stubborn verb

他的脾气很拧。

tā de pí​qi hěn nìng.

He is very stubborn.

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
Simplified
拧
Strokes
17
Unicode
U+64F0

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