拧 [níng]

• 动词
  • （扭绞） twist; wring:

    twist pieces of straw into a rope;

    把稻草拧成绳子

    pull together; make joint efforts;

    拧成一股劲儿

  • （用手指扭住皮肉使劲转动） pinch; tweak:

    pinch a child's face playfully;

    开玩笑地拧小孩的脸

    give him a pinch

    拧了他一把

拧 [nǐng]

• 动词
  • （旋转） twist; screw:

    tighten up a screw;

    拧紧螺丝

    screw [twist] the cap off a bottle;

    拧开瓶盖

  • （别扭; 抵触） differ; disagree; be at cross-purposes:

    The more they talked, the more they disagreed.

    两人越说越拧。

    He is always at cross-purposes with others.

    他总是跟大家拧着。

• 形容词
  • （颠倒; 相反; 错） wrong; mistaken:
  • （颠倒; 相反; 错） wrong; mistaken:

    All is wrong.

    全给弄拧了。

拧 [nìng]

• 形容词 （倔强） pigheaded; stubborn:

  He is a pigheaded [bullheaded] person.; He is a stubborn as a mule.

  这人真拧。