佝偻病

佝僂病
gōulóubìng
noun #51,698

Meanings

  1. 1 rickets

Examples

HSK 5
Duō shài tàiyáng kěyǐ yùfáng gōulóubìng.
Getting plenty of sun helps prevent rickets.
HSK 7-9
Dé le gōulóubìng de háizi gǔgé fāyù bùhǎo, tuǐ chángcháng shì wān de.
Children with rickets have poorly developed bones, and their legs are often bowed.

Tips

usage
Rickets comes from too little vitamin D or calcium, which leaves growing bones soft. 佝偻 alone means "hunchbacked, stooped"; in this word 偻 is read lóu, not lǚ.

Stroke Order

佝 gōu
偻 lóu
病 bìng