拧

• 拼音: níng
• 汉字拆解: 拧 = 扌 (hand) + 宁 (phonetic component, also suggesting concentration) — to apply a concentrated twisting force with the hand

含义

To twist; to wring; to turn (a knob or tap); to pinch and twist.

Describes a twisting or wringing motion. 拧螺丝 (tighten a screw), 拧毛巾 (wring out a towel), 拧开瓶盖 (unscrew a bottle cap), 拧水龙头 (turn a tap). Also used figuratively: 拧着来 (act contrary/stubbornly — lit. go in the opposite twisting direction), 心里拧成一团 (heart twisted into a knot — deeply conflicted). Note: 拧 (níng) = to twist tightly; 拧 (nǐng) = to act contrary/stubbornly.

例句

1. 她拧开水龙头，发现水流细如线，这才意识到楼上施工已经影响了整栋楼的水压。
2. 工人用力拧紧了最后一颗螺丝，确保机器的各个部件在高强度运转中不会松动或脱落。
3. 他拧干湿透的外套，挂在窗边晾晒，尽管已是深夜，他仍不打算休息。

用法指南

语境: everyday life, mechanics, manual work

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 维修人员仔细检查了管道接口，发现是连接处的螺母没有拧紧，导致水管持续渗漏，随后用扳手将其牢固地拧紧。(The maintenance worker carefully inspected the pipe joint and found that the nut at the connection had not been tightened enough, causing the pipe to continuously leak — he then secured it firmly with a wrench.)
• 急救培训中教导学员，在处理出血伤口时可以用布条拧成绳状，临时用作止血带，为伤者争取送医时间。(In first-aid training, trainees are taught that when dealing with a bleeding wound, a strip of cloth can be twisted into a rope shape and temporarily used as a tourniquet to buy time for getting the injured person to hospital.)

错误说法

• 将'拧'用于非扭转类的手部动作 — 拧 specifically involves a twisting or wringing motion; for gripping without twisting, use 抓 (grasp) or 握 (hold); for pressing without twisting, use 按 (press)

起源与历史

拧 = 扌 (hand radical) + 宁 (ning, phonetic) — to twist with the hand

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal