| 绞 | [ ] to twist (strands into a thread), to entangle, to wring, to hang (by the neck), to turn, to wind, classifier for skeins of yarn |
| 绞刀 | [ daō ] reamer |
| 绞刑 | [ xíng ] to execute by hanging |
| 绞刑架 | [ xíng jià ] gibbet, hanging post |
| 绞扭 | [ niǔ ] to wring |
| 绞架 | [ jià ] gallows, gibbet |
| 绞死 | [ sǐ ] to hang (i.e. execute by hanging), to strangle |
| 绞痛 | [ tòng ] sharp pain, cramp, griping pain, colic, angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 |
| 绞尽脑汁 | [ jìn naǒ zhī ] to rack one's brains |
| 绞盘 | [ pán ] capstan |
| 绞索 | [ suǒ ] a noose for hanging criminals |
| 绞缢 | [ yì ] to be hanged, to hang oneself |
| 绞肉 | [ roù ] minced meat |
| 绞肉机 | [ roù jī ] meat grinder |
| 绞股蓝 | [ gǔ lán ] jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) |
| 绞脑汁 | [ naǒ zhī ] to rack one's brains |
| 绞车 | [ chē ] winch, windlass |
| ⇒ 心如刀绞 | [ xīn rú daō ] to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) |
| ⇒ 心绞痛 | [ xīn tòng ] angina |
| ⇒ 腹部绞痛 | [ fù bù tòng ] abdominal cramping |
| ⇒ 胆石绞痛 | [ dǎn shí tòng ] gallstone colic |
| ⇒ 裸绞 | [ luǒ ] (martial arts) rear naked choke |
| ⇒ 双绞线 | [ shuāng xiàn ] twisted pair (cabling) |