挽

wǎn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to pull
2. to draw (a cart or a bow)
3. to roll up
4. to coil
5. to carry on the arm
6. to lament the dead
7. (fig.) to pull against
8. to recover

Character focus

Stroke order

10 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item

推

tuī

to push

In the sense of pulling vs. pushing

Related words

1 item

搀

chān

to take by the arm and assist

For the sense of 'to support with the arm'

Synonyms

2 items

拉

lā

to pull

When meaning 'to pull'

卷

juǎn

to roll up

When meaning 'to roll up'

Usage notes

Collocations

挽 often pairs with 袖子 (roll up sleeves) or 手 (hold hands).

Common mistakes

挽 is formal/literary; use 拉 in daily speech for 'to pull'.

Words Containing 挽

to retrieve

to save

irreversible

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

harness

pulling power (of draft animals)

large elegiac scroll

to rescue a child

a dirge

to urge to stay

an elegy

an elegy

elegiac tablet

to push and pull

irrevocable

incurable

pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

挽诗

wǎn shī

elegy