拐杖 meaning in English

guǎizhàng

crutches; crutch

HSK 7-9noun15 strokes

Meaning of 拐杖

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guǎizhàng
  1. crutches
  2. crutch
  3. walking stick

拐杖 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de祖zǔ父fù要yào用yòng拐guǎi杖zhàng才cái能néng走zǒu路lù。
My grandfather cannot walk without a stick.
我wǒ不bù知zhī道dào把bǎ拐guǎi杖zhàng放fàng哪nǎ去qù了le,你nǐ有yǒu看kàn到dào吗ma?
I don't know where my crutches are. Have you seen them?
这zhè个ge老lǎo人rén拄zhǔ著zhù一yī根gēn拐guǎi杖zhàng走zǒu路lù。
The old man walked with a stick.
一yí个gè拄zhǔ着zhe拐guǎi杖zhàng的de年nián轻qīng女nǚ孩hái问wèn汤tāng姆mǔ他tā住zhù在zài哪nǎ里lǐ。
A young girl on crutches asked Tom where he lived.
自zì从cóng我wǒ弄nòng断duàn了le两liǎng条tiáo腿tuǐ,我wǒ就jiù拄zhǔ着zhe拐guǎi杖zhàng走zǒu路lù了le。
I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拐 guǎi · to turn · 8 strokes

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杖 zhàng · cane · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 拐杖.

拐弯guǎiwānto go round a curve; to turn a corner
禅杖chánzhàngthe staff of a Buddhist monk
魔杖mózhàngmagic wand
拐角guǎijiǎoto turn a corner; corner
手杖shǒuzhàngcane
诱拐yòuguǎito abduct; to kidnap
权杖quánzhàngscepter
拐角处guǎijiǎochùstreet corner
拐弯抹角guǎiwānmòjiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabou

Questions about 拐杖

What does 拐杖 mean?

拐杖 (guǎizhàng) means "crutches; crutch" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 拐杖?

拐杖 is made of 2 characters: 拐 (8 strokes), 杖 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 拐杖 an HSK word?

Yes. 拐杖 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.