Chinese Word: 腿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

腿 (Trad.: 骽)HSK 3

Pinyin: tuǐ
English Definition: leg; Classifiers: 条 ; hip bone; old variant of 腿
Chinese Definition:
①下肢，在脚的上面，在膝上胯下的称“大腿”，在膝下脚上的称“小腿”。腿脚。
②器物上像腿的部分：桌子腿儿。
③特指经盐腌、洗晒、晾挂等工序加工成的猪后腿：火腿。云腿。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 肉

Ideographic: Flesh ⺼ used to walk 退; 退 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 退 to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

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Example Words:

瘸腿 [ qué tuǐ ]: crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person

断腿 [ duàn tuǐ ]: broken leg

腿酸脚软 [ tuǐ suān jiǎo ruǎn ]: One's legs are tired from walking (for a long time). (idiom)

假腿 [ jiǎ tuǐ ]: false leg

腿肚子 [ tuǐ dù zi ]: calf (back of the leg below the knee)

Example Sentences

mā
妈
tuǐ
腿
téng
疼
hǎo diǎn
好点
le
了
ma
吗

？

How are mom's legs?
tā
她
shì tú
试图
zhàn qǐ lai
站起来

，
dàn shì
但是
yī
一
tiáo
条
tuǐ
腿
bù néng
不能
yí dòng
移动
le
了

。

She attempted to get up, but could not move one leg.
rú guǒ
如果
nǐ
你
zuò zài
坐在
tā
他
de
的
zhuō
桌
duì miàn
对面

，
qīng qīng de
轻轻地
yòng
用
nǐ de
你的
tuǐ
腿
pèng
碰
tā
他
de
的

。

If you're sitting across from him at the table, graze his leg with yours.
rú guǒ
如果
nǐ
你
xiǎng
想
zǒu
走
dào
到
gāo chù
高处

，
jiù yào
就要
shǐ yòng
使用
zì jǐ
自己
de
的
liǎng
两
tiáo
条
tuǐ
腿

！

If you would go up high , then use your own legs !
zhè ge
这个
wán jù
玩具
dòng wù
动物
de
的
tuǐ
腿
shì
是
zěn me
怎么
zhuāng
装
shàng qù
上去
de
的

?

How do the legs of this toy animal join on?

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