Chinese symbol for “sprain”
歪
wǎi
to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sprain is 歪 (wǎi), defined as: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sprain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扭伤 (扭傷) | niǔ shāng | a sprain; a crick |
| 崴 | wǎi | to sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子 (wǎi zi) |
| 闪 (閃) | shǎn | to dodge; to duck out of the way |
| 扭 | niǔ | to turn; to twist |
| 蹩 | bié | to limp; to sprain (an ankle or wrist) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 歪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歪曲 | wāi qū | to distort; to misrepresent |
| 歪风 (歪風) | wāi fēng | unhealthy trend; noxious influence |
| 歪理 | wāi lǐ | fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument |
| 东倒西歪 (東倒西歪) | dōng dǎo xī wāi | to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway |
| 歪斜 | wāi xié | crooked; askew |
| 歪门邪道 (歪門邪道) | wāi mén xié dào | dishonest practices |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sprain”.
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.