Chinese Word: 瘫 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

瘫 (Trad.: 癱)HSK 6

Pinyin: tān

English Definition: paralyzed

Chinese Definition:
①神经机能发生障碍，肢体不能活动：瘫痪。截瘫。偏瘫。面瘫。四肢瘫。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 疒

Pictophonetic:难 indicates the sound; 疒 (sickness) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 疒 [ nè ] sickness, disease
- 难 [ nán ] hard, difficult, arduous; unable

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瘫痪HSK 6	tān huàn	paralysis; be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc)
瘫软	tān ruǎn	limp; weak
截瘫	jié tān	paraplegia; paralysis
脑瘫	nǎo tān	cerebral palsy
偏瘫	piān tān	paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia

1		suí hòu 随后， tā 他 jiù 就 tān dào 瘫倒 zài 在 xíng tái 刑台 shàng 上 le 了！ Then, down he sank upon the scaffold!
2		jí duān 极端 de 的 tiān qì 天气 zhuàng kuàng 状况 kě néng 可能 dǎo zhì 导致 jiāo tōng 交通 wǎng luò 网络 tān huàn 瘫痪。 Extreme weather conditions can cause the transportation network to collapse.

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