踉 (liàng) · (in 踉跄) to stagger; to stumble

Meanings

1 (in 踉跄) to stagger; to stumble

Characters

踉

liàng

to stagger

Examples

HSK 7-9

他踉跄了几步，差点摔倒。

Tā liàngqiàng le jǐ bù, chàdiǎn shuāidǎo.

He stumbled a few steps and almost fell.

HSK 7-9

醉汉踉踉跄跄地走出了酒吧。

Zuìhàn liàngliàngqiàngqiàng de zǒuchū le jiǔbā.

The drunkard staggered out of the bar.

Tips

usage

踉 is a bound character: it only lives in the word 踉跄 ('to stagger') and its reduplicated form 踉踉跄跄. It never stands alone.

Components

radical

足 zú

foot

足 is the foot radical, placing this character in the family of words about walking and stepping - fitting for an unsteady, staggering gait.

phonetic

良 liáng

good; phonetic

良 supplies the sound; the reading shifted to liàng here. It carries no meaning contribution in this character.

Stroke Order

踉 liàng

Related Words

踉跄 liàngqiàng #36,752

to stagger; to walk unsteadily / to stumble

踉踉跄跄 liàngliàngqiàngqiàng #46,903

staggering / stumbling / walking unsteadily

摔跤 shuāijiāo HSK 7-9 #5,362

to trip and fall; to stumble / to wrestle

误打误撞 wùdǎ-wùzhuàng

by sheer luck / by accident / to stumble into something by chance

错峰出行 cuòfēng chūxíng

to travel off-peak / to stagger travel times to avoid rush hour or holiday crowds

步态蹒跚 bùtài-pánshān

to walk unsteadily / to stagger / totter (often of an old or injured person, or someone drunk)

错峰 cuòfēng

to stagger usage to avoid peak load / to off-peak (something)

疐 zhì

to stumble; to trip and fall forward (archaic) / to be prostrate; to lie face down (archaic)

蹒 pán

to limp / to stagger / to hobble

跄 qiàng

(in 踉跄) to stagger; to sway from side to side