跛 (bai1 bo2 | bo3) : lame; limping

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跛

bai1 bo2

bo3

lame; limping; crippled

Jyutping bo2 is literary reading; bai1 is colloquial. The latter is much more popular.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#157)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

跛

This word has been viewed 3856 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Dec 2010 13:55

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跛腳 bai1 goek3 bo3 jiao3 = lame; cripple

跛人 bai1 jan4 = a crippled person, a "lame"

跛跛地 bai1 bai1 dei6*2 = limping

阿跛 aa3 bai1 a1 bo2 = an insult referring to a crippled person (lit., "Mister Lame")

跛腳女 bai1 goek3 neoi5*2 = a lame (girl) 粵

跛腳婆 bai1 goek3 po4*2 = a lame (woman) 粵

跛腳鴨 bai1 goek3 aap3 = a lame duck (as with a political administration)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 跛
Unicode code for this character: U+8ddb (off-site link)

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