瘫
痪

Paralysis in Chinese: 瘫痪 (tān huàn)

tān huàn

paralysis

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 癱瘓1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1paralysis
  2. 2be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc)

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瘫
痪

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄢ

tān

ㄊ/ tㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄢˋ

huàn

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

瘫痪

Simplified

癱瘓

Traditional

Example sentences

See 瘫痪 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 一场大雪让整个城市的交通瘫痪了。

    yì chǎng dà xuě ràng zhěng gè chéng shì de jiāo tōng tān huàn le。

    A heavy snow paralyzed traffic across the whole city.

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Related words

瘫

tān

paralyzed

坛

tán

platform

谈不上

tán bu shàng

to be out of the question

谈到

tán dào

to refer to

谈论

tán lùn

to discuss

谈起

tán qǐ

to mention

痰

tán

phlegm

坦白

tǎn bái

honest

坦诚

tǎn chéng

candid

坦克

tǎn kè

tank (military vehicle) (loanword)

坦然

tǎn rán

calm

毯子

tǎn zi

blanket

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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