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瘫痪

癱瘓
tānhuàn
noun HSK 7 #6,576

Meanings

  1. 1 paralysis
  2. 2 to be paralyzed
  3. 3 to break down (of systems)

Examples

他因为车祸瘫痪了。
Tā yīnwèi chēhuò tānhuàn le.
He became paralyzed because of a car accident.
暴雪导致交通瘫痪。
Bàoxuě dǎozhì jiāotōng tānhuàn.
The blizzard caused transportation to be paralyzed.

Tips

usage
瘫痪 can be medical (bodily paralysis) or figurative (a system grinding to a halt). 交通瘫痪 (traffic paralysis) is very common in news.

Stroke Order

瘫 tān
痪 huàn