拐
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Definitions
- 1. cane
- 2. walking stick
- 3. crutch
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Collocations
Common collocation: 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) is the standard term for 'walking stick'; using just 拐 can be ambiguous.
Common mistakes
When used alone, 拐 most commonly means 'cane' as a noun; the verbal meaning 'to turn' is often used in compounds like 拐弯. Learners should not assume the verbal meaning without context.
Example Sentences
2 shown老人拄着 拐 慢慢地走路。
我們 拐 錯彎了。
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Words Containing 拐
to go round a curve
crutches
to limp
twisting and turning
to turn right
to turn left
to swindle
to turn left (Shanghainese)
cheekbone
to turn right (Shanghainese)
to follow a winding path
crutch
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
corner
cane
to turn a corner
street corner
human trafficking
swindle
turning point
winding and turning (idiom)
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[bā xiān] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
to use a crutch
Shiguai district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia
children's game, similar to knucklebones
see 胳膊肘朝外拐[gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi]
lit. the elbow turns outward (idiom)
bunion
to abduct; to kidnap
abductor
see 李鐵拐|李铁拐[lǐ tiě guǎi]
crutches