绞絞

meaning for 绞 jiǎo:

• - to twist (strands into a thread)
• - to entangle
• - to wring
• - to hang (by the neck)
• - to turn
• - to wind
• - classifier for skeins of yarnto rack one's brainsanginasharp pain
• - cramp
• - griping pain
• - colic
• - angina, cf 心绞痛 to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)winch
• - windlass