拗⇒ 拗 ào/niù, [抝], variant of 拗[ào], to bend in two so as to break/to defy/to disobey/also pr. [ǎo] 拗口 àokǒu, hard to pronounce/awkward-sounding 执拗 zhíniù, [執拗], stubborn/willful/pigheaded/Taiwan pr. [zhí ào] 拗不过 niùbuguò, [拗不過], can't persuade/unable to make (sb) change their mind/unable to resist (sb)