The Chinese word 弯曲 is formed through a common morphological process called compounding, specifically by combining two synonymous characters to create a more precise or emphatic meaning. The character 弯 (wān) means "bent" or "to bend", and the character 曲 (qū) means "crooked" or "curved". When placed together, they form a single, cohesive word (弯曲) that means "to be bent", "curved", or "winding", with the dual characters reinforcing and slightly broadening the core concept of deviation from a straight line.