瘸腿 (qué tuǐ) — lame (of a person or animal) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

lame (of a person or animal)

Examples

瘸腿，。
Wǒ yù dào yí gè qué tuǐ de rén, tā zǒu dé hěn màn.
I met a lame person; he walks very slowly.
瘸腿。
Nà zhī qué tuǐ de gǒu hái néng pǎo dé hěn kuài.
That lame dog can still run very fast.
，瘸腿。
Tā de yé ye yīn wèi nián jì dà, yǒu diǎn qué tuǐ le.
His grandfather is a bit lame because of old age.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

瘸 means lame and 腿 means leg; a lame leg describes a lame person or animal.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

疒加肉瘸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèsickness

肉肉ròuflesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

加

加jiā瘸qué

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

瘸 is built from 疒 (sickness), 肉 (flesh), and 加 (used for sound).

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròuflesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

退

退tuì腿tuǐ

Same sound today

The 肉 part is flesh, showing a body part; the 退 part gives the sound.

Appears in

Injury & Disability

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