瘸腿

quétuǐ

adjective #22,766

Meanings

1 lame
2 crippled (of a leg)
3 a lame person

Characters

lame / crippled

Examples

HSK 4

这张桌子有一条瘸腿，不太稳。

Zhè zhāng zhuōzi yǒu yītiáo quétuǐ, bùtài wěn.

This table has one uneven leg and is not very stable.

HSK 6

他因事故变成了瘸腿。

Tā yīn shìgù biànchéng le quétuǐ.

He became lame due to an accident.

HSK 6

那匹马瘸腿了，不能参赛了。

Nà pǐ mǎ quétuǐ le, bùnéng cānsài le.

The horse went lame and can no longer compete.

Tips

usage

瘸腿 can describe a person (lame), an animal (went lame), or metaphorically an object with an uneven leg. As a noun it means a lame person; as an adjective it means crippled/lame.

Stroke Order

瘸 qué

腿 tuǐ