HSK 6 · Body

瘸 qué “lame” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 瘸 means

  1. lame
  2. to limp

How to say 瘸

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale瘸qué2nd tone, rising

瘸 in a sentence

  1. 他的腿受伤了，走路有点儿瘸。

    Tā de tuǐ shòushāng le, zǒulù yǒudiǎnr qué.

    He hurt his leg and walks with a slight limp.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 那只小狗一瘸一拐地走过来。

    Nà zhī xiǎogǒu yì qué yì guǎi de zǒu guolai.

    The little dog came limping over.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 瘸 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 瘸 (qué) with each of its parts in a different colour
瘸quélame
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 加to add to · jiāSound part
  • 肉meat · ròu

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 加 (jiā) hints at the sound. Compare it with qué.

How to write 瘸

瘸 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 瘸

More words: People, Body & Health

疲倦píjuàn · tired器官qìguān · organ (of the body)气色qìsè · complexion拳头quántou · fist上瘾shàngyǐn · to be addicted生理shēnglǐ · physiology神经shénjīng · nerve呻吟shēnyín · to groan

FAQs

瘸 (qué) means “lame” or “to limp”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qué: qué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 瘸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type que with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 瘸 from the suggestions. Typing que into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
瘸 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.