偏瘫 (piāntān): hemiplegia

Meanings

1 hemiplegia
2 paralysis of one side of the body

Characters

偏

Examples

中风后他出现了右侧偏瘫。

Zhòngfēng hòu tā chūxiàn le yòu cè piāntān.

After the stroke he developed right-side hemiplegia.

康复训练可以改善偏瘫症状。

Kāngfù xùnliàn kěyǐ gǎishàn piāntān zhèngzhuàng.

Rehabilitation training can improve hemiplegia symptoms.

Tips

memory

偏 means 'lean to one side' and 瘫 means 'paralyzed' — so 偏瘫 is literally 'lopsided paralysis', exactly what hemiplegia is: one half of the body goes out.

Stroke Order

偏 piān

瘫 tān

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picky about food / partial to certain foods / having food preferences

偏甜 piāntián

on the sweet side / leaning sweet

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on the spicy side / leaning spicy

偏咸 piānxián

on the salty side / leaning salty

偏油 piānyóu

on the oily/greasy side / leaning greasy

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to lean; slanted / prejudiced; partial / deliberately; contrary to expectations

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prejudice / bias

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to deviate / to stray from / to veer off

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