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痹

痺
bì
noun #61,891

Meanings

  1. 1 numbness; paralysis
  2. 2 rheumatic pain (Chinese medicine)

Examples

HSK 7-9
坐太久，我的腿麻痹了。
Zuò tài jiǔ, wǒ de tuǐ mábì le.
Sitting too long made my legs go numb.
HSK 7-9
我们不能麻痹大意。
Wǒmen bùnéng mábì dàyì.
We must not relax our vigilance.

Tips

usage
Core word 麻痹 covers both literal numbness and a figurative 'letting one's guard down'. Also in 痹症-type medical terms; in Chinese medicine 痹 names aching, stiff joints.

Components

radical
疒 nè
sickness; illness (radical)
Outer sickness radical 疒, a bed leaned against a wall - the marker for illness words. It frames 痹 as a bodily disorder (numbness, joint disease).
phonetic
畀 bì
to give; confer (archaic)
Inside the sickness frame, 畀 supplies the exact sound bì. It is an old word meaning 'to give'; here it works purely as the phonetic of 痹.

Stroke Order

痹 bì