nuó /
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 graceful; lithe (in 婀娜)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā de wǔzī ēnuó qīngyíng.
Her dancing posture was light and graceful.
HSK 7-9
柳枝微风婀娜摇曳
Liǔzhī zài wēifēng zhōng ēnuó yáoyè.
The willow branches sway gracefully in the breeze.

Tips

usage
The nuó reading is literary and almost always appears in 婀娜 (ēnuó) or 袅娜 (niǎonuó), both describing slender, swaying gracefulness, often of women or willow branches.

Components

radical
woman; female
The woman radical on the left signals that is used for female personal names, its main everyday function in this reading.
phonetic
that
(that) provides the sound; it contributes no meaning and serves purely as the phonetic component.

Stroke Order

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