麻 má
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 麻 — hemp, flax, sesame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
麻痹
mábì
to paralyse; numb; to lull into carelessness
Characters in this word
痹 bì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 畀 to give
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果监管部门被短期增长麻痹，就可能忽视债务风险正在累积。 Rúguǒ jiānguǎn bùmén bèi duǎnqī zēngzhǎng mábì, jiù kěnéng hūshì zhàiwù fēngxiǎn zhèngzài lěijī. If regulators are lulled by short-term growth, they may overlook the fact that debt risks are accumulating.
- 他的右腿突然麻痹，几乎走不了路。 Tā de yòutuǐ tūrán mábì, jīhū zǒu bù liǎo lù. His right leg suddenly went numb and he could hardly walk.
- 别因为一次成功就麻痹大意，后面还有很多难题。 Bié yīnwèi yí cì chénggōng jiù mábì dàyi, hòumiàn hái yǒu hěn duō nántí. Don't let one success make you careless; many difficulties are still ahead.
Related words
- 麻烦 máfan troublesome; to bother
- 麻 má numb; tingling
- 麻 má hemp; flax
- 麻将 májiàng mahjong
- 麻辣 málà numbing and spicy
- 麻木 mámù numb; insensitive; indifferent
- 麻醉 mázuì to anaesthetise; to numb
- 芝麻 zhīma sesame; trivial matter
- 伤势 shāngshì condition of an injury; severity of wounds
- 精神病 jīngshénbìng mental illness; psychiatric disorder
- 伤残 shāngcán to be injured and disabled; disability from injury
- 上瘾 shàngyǐn to become addicted; to get hooked