ào

common
adjective

Meaning of

拗 means awkward; hard to pronounce; difficult to say; to defy; to go against; to disobey. Pronounced ào.

  • awkward; hard to pronounce; difficult to say
  • to defy; to go against; to disobey

Character Info

Radical
Strokes7

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
huà
yǒu
diǎn
ào
kǒu
 
hǎo
niàn
 

This sentence is a bit awkward and hard to pronounce.

Zhè
wài
lái
de
yīn
hěn
ào
kǒu
 

The transliteration of this loanword is very awkward.

miǎn
shǐ使
yòng
ào
kǒu
de
biǎo
 

Avoid using awkward expressions.