瘫 tān
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 疒 — sickness, disease
- Made of
- 疒 sickness, disease 难 hard, difficult, arduous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
瘫
tān
to be paralysed; to collapse
Character
Example phrases
- 长时间缺乏康复训练，受伤的腿几乎瘫了。 Cháng shíjiān quēfá kāngfù xùnliàn, shòushāng de tuǐ jīhū tān le. After a long period without rehabilitation training, the injured leg was almost paralysed.
- 突发重病之后，他的左半边身子全瘫了。 Tūfā zhòng bìng zhīhòu, tā de zuǒ bànbiān shēnzi quán tān le. After a sudden serious illness, the whole left half of his body was paralysed.
- 忙了一整天，他累得瘫在沙发上不想动。 Máng le yī zhěng tiān, tā lèi de tān zài shāfā shàng bù xiǎng dòng. After a whole day of being busy, he was so tired he collapsed on the sofa, not wanting to move.
Related words
- 瘫痪 tānhuàn to be paralysed; to be paralysed/shut down
- 酗酒 xùjiǔ to drink excessively; alcohol abuse
- 瘟疫 wēnyì plague; epidemic
- 吸毒 xīdú to take drugs; drug abuse
- 瘾 yǐn addiction; craving
- 抑郁症 yìyùzhèng depression
- 先天 xiāntiān innate; congenital
- 胎儿 tāi'ér foetus
- 胎 tāi foetus; birth; measure word for pregnancies or births
- 孕妇 yùnfù pregnant woman
- 晕头转向 yūntóuzhuànxiàng dizzy and disoriented; utterly confused
- 窒息 zhìxī to suffocate; suffocation