偏瘫

偏癱

piāntān

noun #93,715

Meanings

1 hemiplegia
2 paralysis of one side of the body

Characters

to one side, partial

Examples

中风后他出现了右侧偏瘫。

Zhòngfēng hòu tā chūxiàn le yòu cè piāntān.

After the stroke he developed right-side hemiplegia.

康复训练可以改善偏瘫症状。

Kāngfù xùnliàn kěyǐ gǎishàn piāntān zhèngzhuàng.

Rehabilitation training can improve hemiplegia symptoms.

Tips

memory

偏 means 'lean to one side' and 瘫 means 'paralyzed' — so 偏瘫 is literally 'lopsided paralysis', exactly what hemiplegia is: one half of the body goes out.

Stroke Order

偏 piān

瘫 tān