瘸腿

quétuǐ

adjective #22,766

Meanings

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

Characters

lame / crippled

Examples

他因事故变成了瘸腿。

Tā yīn shìgù biànchéng le quétuǐ.

He became lame due to an accident.

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.

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.

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