挠 (náo) is a Chinese word meaning “to scratch; to thwart; to yield”.
Meanings
- 1to scratch
- 2to thwart
- 3to yield
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
阻挠to thwart不屈不挠unyielding挠头tricky百折不挠to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)屈挠to surrender抓挠to scratch抓耳挠腮to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)挠曲to bend挠率the torsion (of a space curve)挠痒痒to tickle挠裂split due to repeated folding挠败defeated