蜿蜒

wānyán

verb #29,719

Meanings

1 to meander
2 to wind
3 to zigzag
4 to snake along

Characters

to curve, to wind (as a snake)

to extend, to crawl along

Examples

HSK 6

小河蜿蜒流过田野。

Xiǎohé wānyán liúguò tiányě.

The stream winds through the fields.

HSK 7-9

山路蜿蜒曲折，十分难走。

Shānlù wānyán qūzhé, shífēn nán zǒu.

The mountain road winds and twists, making it very difficult to travel.

Tips

memory

Both 蜿 and 蜒 have the insect radical 虫, evoking the wriggling motion of a snake or worm, exactly the winding movement 蜿蜒 describes.

Stroke Order

蜿 wān

蜒 yán