拗 ào 🔊 intractable; contrary; disobedient 8 strokes + Review this word Meanings ào (bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedientvariant of 拗[ao4] ǎo (dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape) niù stubborn; perverse; contrary Words with 拗 违拗 wéi ào to disobey 执拗 zhí niù stubborn; willful; pigheaded 拗不过 niù bu guò can't persuade 拗口 ào kǒu hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding 拗断 ǎo duàn to break (by twisting, bending, snapping… 拗口令 ào kǒu lìng tongue twister 硬拗 yìng ào to defend an untenable position with… 三拗汤 sān ào tāng san'ao decoction (TCM)