枉

The character "枉" has 8 strokes. "枉" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "枉" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "枉" are "wǎng" . View the stroke order of "枉">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "枉"

adj.: crooked; unjust; wrong

v.: distort; twist; pervert

adv.: in vain; to no avail/effect

• crooked : adj.弯曲的；歪的；扭曲的；生气的；恼怒的；被激怒的；嘴歪向一边的；一边高一边低的；不诚实的；非法的
• unjust : adj.非正义的；不公正的；不合理的
• wrong : adj.不正确的；错误的；不合乎事实的；出错的；坏的；不合适的；不适当的；不道德的；弄错的；不正常的
• distort : v.扭曲；使变形；变形；曲解；歪曲；误报；使（电信号，声波）畸变；使失真
• twist : v.使弯曲；扭弯；扭歪；扭曲；旋转；转动；跳扭摆舞；欺骗；欺诈；牌面朝上
• pervert : v.使错乱；使反常；歪曲；曲解；误用；滥用；颠倒；使走上邪路；使堕落；使变坏
• in vain : 徒劳地

Form words with "枉"

Example phrases using "枉"

• 枉自学聪明,却做愚蠢事.

  It is altogether vain to learn wisdom and yet live foolishly.

• 华族母亲不讲华语，华语枉为华族母语。

  If our mothers --- who are Chinese ---do not speak Mandarin, it will be difficult to regard Chinese language to be the mother tongue of these people.

• 他拼命地劝人不要使用公路而去使用运河,真是枉费口舌.

  He ' s flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.

• 不管怎么做，花点时间让你做的菜色香味俱全，也不枉你花了那么长时间来准备这样一道新鲜可口的菜。

  Whatever it is, take time to make the presentation amazing after all you just spent all this time preparing a fresh and tasty meal it should be presented that way.