HSK 3 · Body

腿 tuǐ “leg” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 腿 means

  1. leg

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条腿 yì tiáo tuǐ

How to say 腿

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale腿tuǐ3rd tone, dipping

腿 in a sentence

  1. 第二天我的腿很酸。

    Dì'èr tiān wǒ de tuǐ hěn suān.

    I had sore legs the next day.

    Sentence #616205 from Tatoeba

  2. 他的腿很长。

    Tā de tuǐ hěn cháng.

    He has long legs.

    Sentence #453742 from Tatoeba

  3. 他的腿受伤了。

    Tā de tuǐ shòushāng le.

    He hurt his leg.

    Sentence #1577198 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 腿 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 腿 (tuǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
腿tuǐleg
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 退to retreat · tuì

How to write 腿

腿 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 腿

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FAQs

腿 (tuǐ) means “leg”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it tuǐ: tuǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 腿 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one leg is 一条腿 (yì tiáo tuǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 腿 from the suggestions. Typing tui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
腿 is an HSK 3 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.