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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bǒ | bo3
English translation
lame

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

foot

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足皮

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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gāi 疾病 jíbìng Néng 造成 zàochéng quǎn zhǐ 疼痛 téng tòng háng .

Other treatments include surgery , massage , warm compresses , chiropractic, and acupuncture.

zài 一次 yī cì 事故 shìgù 中变之后 zhī hòu , 只能 zhǐ néng zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng 走路 zǒu lù .

Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane.

zài 一次 yī cì 事故 shìgù 中变 le Hòu , 只能 zhǐ néng zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng 走路 zǒu lù .

Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane . A lameflying.

左腿 le ,走起 lái 一瘸一拐 yī qué yī guǎi de .

He is lame in the left leg and he walks lamely.

男孩 nán hái yīn jiǎo bèi rén 讥笑 jīxiào , biàn 羞怯 xiū qiè ér 压抑 yāyì .

Having been laughed at for his lameness, the boy became shy and inhibited.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lame
跛子 bǒ zi lame person跛子 bǒ zi
跛脚 bǒ jiǎo to limp跛腳

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