挽
wǎn HSK7

to pull

挽 wǎn frequency
carry on arm verb
to carry on the arm or to walk arm-in-arm

两个好朋友挽着手走在公园里。

liǎng gè hǎo péng​you wǎn zhe shǒu zǒu zài gōng​yuán lǐ.

Two good friends walked hand in hand in the park.

lament noun
to lament or mourn the deceased

亲友们写了许多挽辞来祭奠他。

qīn​yǒu men xiě le xǔ​duō wǎn cí lái jì​diàn tā.

Friends and relatives wrote many elegies to commemorate him.

pull verb
to pull or draw something, such as a cart or a bow

他挽弓搭箭，准备射击。

tā wǎn gōng dā jiàn, zhǔn​bèi shè​jī.

He drew his bow and notched an arrow, ready to shoot.

recover verb
to reverse or restore a situation, or to pull back from a loss

医生们正全力挽救这名重伤员的生命。

yī​shēng men zhèng quán​lì wǎn jiù zhè míng zhòng shāng​yuán de shēng​mìng.

Doctors are doing everything they can to save the life of the seriously injured person.

roll up verb
to roll up clothing or to coil hair into a bun

她挽起袖子开始干活。

tā wǎn qǐ xiù​zi kāi​shǐ gàn​huó.

She rolled up her sleeves and started working.

挽 (輓) wǎn
pull verb
to draw or pull a cart or carriage

在过去，马匹是挽车运输货物的主要动力。

zài guò​qù, mǎ​pǐ shì wǎn chē yùn​shū huò​wù de zhǔ​yào dòng​lì.

In the past, horses were the main source of power for pulling carts to transport goods.

lament noun
to mourn or express grief for the dead, often through elegies or scrolls

葬礼上，墙面挂满了亲友们送来的挽联。

zàng​lǐ shàng, qiáng​miàn guà mǎn le qīn​yǒu men sòng​lái de wǎn​lián.

At the funeral, the walls were covered with elegiac couplets sent by friends and relatives.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,222nd most common 27.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,991st most common 19.6 per million appears in 12% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.73 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.52 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
輓
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+633D

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