Chinese word dictionary

架拐

jià guǎi · to use a crutch

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Word information

Simplified架拐

Traditional架拐

Pinyinjià guǎi

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

架jià

frame, rack, stand; to prop up

拐guǎi

to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch

How to learn 架拐

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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架jià

to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc

书架shūjià

bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]

吵架chǎojià

to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]

打架dǎjià

to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL:場|场[chang2]

拐guǎi

cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff; to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]); variant of 枴|拐[guai3]; variant of 枴|拐[guai3]

拐弯guǎiwān

to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction