wān

豌

Character · Adjective · VerbTraditional蜿

winding; meandering

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

2 senses · 7 examples
1.

adjective

winding; meandering; curving

Most commonly used to describe natural linear features like rivers, roads, or mountain ranges.

Yī一
tiáo条
xiǎo小
hé河
wān蜿
yán蜒
liú流
guò过
cūn村
zhuāng庄
 。

A small river winds through the village.

Cháng长
chéng城
wān蜿
yán蜒
zài在
chóng崇
shān山
jùn峻
lǐng岭
zhī之
jiān间
 。

The Great Wall winds between high mountains.

Show 3 more examples
Shān山
jiān间
de的
gōng公
lù路
wān蜿
yán蜒
qū曲
zhé折
 。

The mountain road is winding and zigzagging.

Xiǎo小
xī溪
wān蜿
yán蜒
chuān穿
guò过
sēn森
lín林
 。

A brook meanders through the forest.

Pán盘
shān山
gōng公
lù路
wān蜿
yán蜒
xiàng向
shàng上
yán延
shēn伸
 。

The mountain highway winds upward and stretches on.

2.

verb

to move in a winding way

literary

Used mainly to describe the crawling movement of reptiles or small creeping creatures in literary or formal contexts.

Shé蛇
wān蜿
yán蜒
zhe着
chuān穿
guò过
cǎo草
cóng丛
 。

The snake slithered through the grass.

Qiū蚯
yǐn蚓
zài在
ní泥
tǔ土
lǐ里
wān蜿
yán蜒
rú蠕
dòng动
 。

Earthworms wriggle and move windingly in the soil.