Chinese symbol for “intractable”
拗
ào
(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intractable is 拗 (ào), defined as: (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “intractable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 执拗 (執拗) | zhí niù | stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4] |
| 拗口 | ào kǒu | hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding |
| 拗不过 (拗不過) | niù bu guò | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) |
| 违拗 (違拗) | wéi ào | to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc) |
| 三拗汤 (三拗湯) | sān ào tāng | san'ao decoction (TCM) |
| 拗口令 | ào kǒu lìng | tongue twister |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intractable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.