HSK 6 · Body

麻痹 mábì “paralysis” in Chinese

Traditional 麻痺

What 麻痹 means

  1. paralysis
  2. to lower one’s guard
  3. palsy
  4. numbness
  5. to benumb
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) to lull
  • negligent

How to say 麻痹

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale麻má2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale痹bì4th tone, falling

麻痹 in a sentence

  1. 开车的时候千万不能麻痹大意。

    Kāichē de shíhou qiānwàn bù néng mábì dàyì.

    You must never let your guard down when driving.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生说这种病会引起面部麻痹。

    Yīshēng shuō zhè zhǒng bìng huì yǐnqǐ miànbù mábì.

    The doctor said this illness can cause facial paralysis.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 麻痹 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 麻 (má) with each of its parts in a different colour
麻máhemp
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 林forest · lín
The character 痹 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
痹bìparalysis
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 畀to give · bìSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 畀 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.

How to write 麻痹

麻 11 strokes · 痹 13 strokes

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

Words related to 麻痹

Words with 麻

麻烦máfan · trouble麻木mámù · numb麻醉mázuì · anaesthesia

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颈椎jǐngzhuī · cervical vertebra口腔kǒuqiāng · oral cavity临床línchuáng · clinical聋哑lóngyǎ · deaf and mute脉搏màibó · pulse麻木mámù · numb慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)麻醉mázuì · anaesthesia

FAQs

麻痹 (mábì) means “paralysis” or “to lower one’s guard”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mábì: má with a 2nd tone, then bì with a 4th 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, 麻痹 is written 麻痺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mabi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 麻痹 from the suggestions. Typing mabi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
麻痹 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.