About
The character "扭", in its traditional form, consists of the hand radical (扌) on the left, indicating an action performed by hand, and the component "丑" on the right, which historically depicted a twisted hand or gesture and serves primarily as a phonetic element. This structure directly informs its core meaning of using the hand to twist, turn, or wrench something physically. Over time, its application broadened from describing literal physical manipulation to encompassing more abstract or figurative forms of distortion and deviation. Thus, it came to denote the act of turning one's body, as in "扭頭", or seizing and grappling with an opponent, and further extended to describe forcing a situation away from its natural course, embodying concepts of perversion, stubbornness, or affected mannerisms, as seen in terms like "扭轉" or "彆扭". This semantic expansion reflects a logical progression from a concrete manual action to a wider metaphorical sense of altering a state or behavior.
Example Sentences Hide
我扭开了瓶盖。
他扭伤了手腕。
她扭动着跳舞。
我们必须扭转这个趋势。
他们的关系很别扭。
两个孩子在扭打嬉戏。
她扭捏地表达了自己的意见。
在激烈的辩论中，他巧妙扭转了话题。