宛

wǎn
  1. winding
  2. as if

CEDICT

  1. (historical) Yuan (a county of ancient China, established in the Qin dynasty)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蘊 /蕴 (“to accumulate”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鬱 /郁 (yù, “to be pent-up”)
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 黦 (“yellowish black”)
  5. (～縣) (historical) Yuan (a county of ancient China, established in the Qin dynasty)
  6. a surname
  7. alternative form of 蘊 /蕴 (“to accumulate”)
  8. alternative form of 鬱 /郁 (yù, “to be pent-up”)
  9. alternative form of 黦 (“yellowish black”)
  10. as if; seem
  11. crooked; winding

Wiktionary

  1. 曲折的。
  2. 弯、折。
  3. 彷彿、好像。
  4. 姓。如明代有宛嘉祥。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

宛 Wǎn surname Wan

Containing this entry

大宛 Dà Yuān ancient state of central Asia
委宛 wěiwǎn variant of 委婉 wěiwǎn
宛如 wǎnrú to be just like
宛然 wǎnrán
  1. as if
  2. just like
宛若 wǎnruò to be just like
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回绕 huírào winding
玛丽娜现在仍是个浪漫的人，她还没有陷入消极的精神状态 -- 那是一种认为一个人必须找一个角落活着，不管哪儿，然后一生就回绕着那个角落的的精神状态。

Now Marina was a romantic; she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.

Source: Tatoeba

曲折 qūzhé
  1. winding
  2. (fig.) complicated
纡 yū
  1. winding
  2. twisting
逦 lǐ winding
迤逦 yǐlǐ
  1. meandering
  2. winding
卷绕 juǎnrào
  1. to wind
  2. to coil
  3. to spool
  4. to loop around
  5. winding
委 wěi
  1. to entrust
  2. to cast aside
  3. to shift (blame etc)
  4. to accumulate
  5. roundabout
  6. winding
  7. dejected
  8. listless
  9. committee member
  10. council
  11. end
  12. actually
  13. certainly
乙 yǐ
  1. second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
  2. second in order
  3. letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  4. second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方 yǐfāng, as opposed to 甲方 jiǎfāng)
  5. ethyl
  6. bent
  7. winding
  8. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
  9. ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Source: Tatoeba

仿似 fǎngsì
  1. as if
  2. to seem
好像 hǎoxiàng
  1. as if
  2. to seem like
好像她病了。

She seemed to have been ill.

Source: Tatoeba

宛然 wǎnrán
  1. as if
  2. just like
恍若 huǎngruò
  1. as if
  2. as though
  3. rather like
犹 yóu
  1. as if
  2. (just) like
  3. just as
  4. still
  5. yet
如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
如你所知。

As you already know.

Source: Tatoeba

仿如 fǎngrú
  1. like
  2. similar to
  3. as if
才不 cáibù
  1. by no means
  2. definitely not
  3. as if!
  4. yeah right!
我才不是討厭咧。

I'm not annoyed at all.

Source: Tatoeba