Japanese Word Entry

ひねくり回す
Kana:ひねくりまわす
Romaji:hinekurimawasu
Definitions:
  1. to twist, to twirl

  2. to fiddle around with, to play with, to rewrite

  3. to rack one's brains

Alternative form:
  • 捻くり回す 【 ひねくりまわす (hinekurimawasu) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences, return, turn around, a time
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ (huí)
Cantonese: wui4
Japanese: カイ (kai)、 エ (e) / まわ.る (mawaru)、 -まわ.る (-mawaru)、 -まわ.り (-mawari)、 まわ.す (mawasu)、 -まわ.す (-mawasu)、 まわ.し- (mawashi-)、 -まわ.し (-mawashi)、 もとお.る (motooru)、 か.える (kaeru)
Korean: 회 (hoe)
Vietnamese: hồi, hối
Variants
Semantic variant forms:

twirl, twist, play with, to twist or nip with the fingers
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ (niǎn), ㄋㄧㄝ (niē), ㄋㄧㄢ (niān)
Cantonese: nip6
Japanese: ネン (nen)、 ジョウ (jou) / ね.じる (nejiru)、 ひね.くる (hinekuru)、 ひね.る (hineru)
Korean: 념 (nyeom), 녑 (nyeob), 염 (yeom)
Vietnamese: niệp, niệm, nạm