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  *侷* | 侷* | *侷
narrow
HSK 4
stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty
HSK 7-9
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *縫* | 縫* | *縫
seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:
HSK 7-9
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  *跼* | 跼* | *跼
cramped; narrow
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隘* | 隘* | *隘
(bound form) narrow / (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
narrow; petty-minded
border fort, esp. defending narrow valley
narrow
HSK 7-9
(separated only by) a narrow strip of water
narrow
HSK 7-9
to just scrape through with a narrow pass (in an exam)
intelligence gatherer / spy / detective / scout / sound (medical instrument) / long and narrow probing and sampling utensil
a couch / a narrow bed
to have a close call / to have a narrow escape
lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom) / fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇
(of a path etc) narrow / (of a living space etc) cramped / (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited
HSK 7-9
small-minded / petty / narrow-minded
narrow-minded / intolerant
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咽* | 咽* | *咽
throat; pharynx / narrow pass
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仄* | 仄* | *仄
to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
narrow-minded / petty
crack / chink / narrow slit / crevice
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鿍* | 鿍* | *鿍
hill / long and narrow highland / (used in place names)
narrow sense / restricted sense
long and narrow
Mincho narrow font
a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street
narrow and shallow
narrow and small
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叕* | 叕* | *叕
to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow
(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly / concerned with petty interests / selfish and uncaring of the interests of others / bean counter
person narrow-minded and shortsighted
defile; narrow passage
to win by a narrow margin
the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
narrow lane
lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) / fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face
(sports) to secure a narrow win; to edge out
to narrow one's eyes and gaze at something with great attention
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life
long narrow table
soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
narrow and bending / unkempt interior
to miss sb by a narrow chance / to miss an opportunity
to narrow one's eyes (as when smiling or squinting)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *戔* | 戔* | *戔
narrow / small
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
long narrow table
lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
narrow / cramped
narrow path
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
narrow / small-minded
an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness
narrow gap / slit
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *褊* | 褊* | *褊
narrow / urgent
long narrow table
prejudiced / narrow-minded
lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded / petty
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *狹* | 狹* | *狹
narrow / narrow-minded
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *窄* | 窄* | *窄
narrow / narrow-minded / badly off
HSK 7-9
dirty; filthy / vile; despicable / (literary) narrow-minded; petty
lit. the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / fig. to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
to follow a narrow path
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頲* | 頲* | *頲
narrow forehead
providential good luck / a narrow escape
narrow (of waterway) / a bottleneck
narrow path
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瞇* | 瞇* | *瞇
to narrow one's eyes / to squint / (dialect) to take a nap
double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist
(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙 sb with a narrow view of the world)
lit. centipede's path / fig. narrow winding road
to coerce / fig. narrow
a narrow slit window / a lunette
narrow alley / narrow street
(dialect) narrow mountain pass
ditch / narrow strip of water / moat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笮* | 笮* | *笮
board under tiles on roof / narrow
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艜* | 艜* | *艜
a long narrow vessel with two masts
narrow winding path


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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