HSK 6 · Body

残疾 cánjí “disability” in Chinese

Traditional 殘疾

What 残疾 means

  1. disability
  2. disabled
  3. deformity on a person or animal

How to say 残疾

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale残cán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疾jí2nd tone, rising

残疾 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆有残疾。

    Tāngmǔ yǒu cánjí.

    Tom has a disability.

    Sentence #5158830 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们会把一部分筹得的款项用来帮助残疾儿童。

    Wǒmen huì bǎ yí bùfen chóudé de kuǎnxiàng yònglái bāngzhù cánjí értóng.

    We’ll use part of the money raised to help children with disabilities.

    Sentence #729475 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 残疾 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 残 (cán) with each of its parts in a different colour
残cánto destroy
  • 歹death · dǎiMeaning part
  • 戋small · jiānSound part

歹 hints at the meaning (death); 戋 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with cán.

The character 疾 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
疾jídisease; ailment
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 矢arrow · shǐSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 矢 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

How to write 残疾

残 9 strokes · 疾 10 strokes

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残疾 (cánjí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 残疾 (cánjí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 残疾

Words with 残

残留cánliú · to remain摧残cuīcán · to ruin残酷cánkù · cruel残忍cánrěn · cruel

Words with 疾

疾病jíbìng · disease

More words: People, Body & Health

臂bì · arm鼻涕bítì · nasal mucus哺乳bǔrǔ · to breastfeed部位bùwèi · position喘气chuǎnqì · to pant动脉dòngmài · artery哆嗦duōsuo · to tremble恶心ěxin · to feel sick

FAQs

残疾 (cánjí) means “disability” or “disabled”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cánjí: cán with a 2nd tone, then jí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 残疾 is written 殘疾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type canji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 残疾 from the suggestions. Typing canji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
残疾 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.