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qué

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qué Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qué | que2
English translation
lame
lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs

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About qué

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

qué

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

sickness

Etymology of qué

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

加肉

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Jiā

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Example sentences using qué

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走路 zǒu lù zhǔ 拐棍 guǎi gùn ,因为 yīnwèi shì 瘸子 qué zi .

He walks with a stick because he is lame.

zhǐ 美洲 Měi zhōu tuó yǒu zhǐ tuǐ qué .

The llama has a lame leg.

老人 lǎo rén zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng 一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi de zǒu kāi le .

The old man limped away on the stick.

一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi de 离开 líkāi le 运动场 yùn dòng chǎng .

He limped off the playground.

Bié 他法,只能 zhǐ néng 一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi de zǒu dào 最近 zuìjìn de 电话亭 diàn huà tíng .

He was left with no alternative but to hobble to the nearest telephone box.

Words with qué

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qué lame qué
瘸子 qué zi lame person (colloquial)瘸子 qué zi
一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi to limp一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi
瘸腿 qué tuǐ crippled瘸腿 qué tuǐ

qué Decomposition & Compounds

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qué Decomposition

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