殘廢
See also: 残废
Chinese
destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled | abolish; crippled | ||
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trad. (殘廢) | 殘 | 廢 | |
simp. (残废) | 残 | 废 |
Pronunciation
Noun
殘廢
- cripple; disabled person
Usage notes
Translating loosely as "useless cripple," this term is widely considered derogatory to disabled people, and has been replaced in official parlance in China with the more neutral term 殘疾/残疾 (cánjí, “physically disabled”).
Hyponyms
- 跛子 (bǒzi)
- 瘸子 (quézi)
Verb
殘廢
- to become crippled; to become disabled
See also
- 殘疾/残疾 (cánjí)
- 殘障/残障 (cánzhàng)