佝偻

佝僂
gōulóu
adjective #73,090

Meanings

  1. 1 hunched
  2. 2 stooped
  3. 3 to hunch (the back)

Examples

HSK 4
Yéye lǎo le, bèi yě gōulóu le.
Grandpa has grown old, and his back is stooped.
HSK 4
Yí wèi gōulóu zhe bèi de lǎorén zài lùbiān mài cài.
An old man with a hunched back was selling vegetables by the roadside.

Tips

usage
佝偻 describes the bent back of old age, often as 佝偻着背 or 佝偻着腰; the everyday word is 驼背 'hunchbacked'. In medicine, 佝偻病 is rickets, the bone disease caused by a lack of vitamin D.

Stroke Order

佝 gōu
偻 lóu