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拐杖

guǎi zhàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

拐杖 (guǎi zhàng) means "crutches; crutch; walking stick". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 拐杖 means

1. crutches
2. crutch
3. walking stick

The characters in 拐杖

• 拐guǎito turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle
• 杖zhànga staff; a rod; cane

Example sentences

• 我的祖父要用拐杖才能走路。
  Wǒ de zǔfù yào yòng guǎizhàng cáinéng zǒulù.
  My grandfather cannot walk without a stick.
• 这个老人拄着一根拐杖走路。
  Zhège lǎorén zhǔ zhe yī gēn guǎizhàng zǒu lù.
  The old man walked with a stick.
• 我不知道把拐杖放哪去了，你有看到吗？
  Wǒ bù zhīdào bǎ guǎizhàng fàng nǎ qù le, nǐ yǒu kàn dào ma?
  I don't know where my crutches are. Have you seen them?
• 一个拄着拐杖的年轻女孩问汤姆他住在哪里。
  Yī gè zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng de niánqīng nǚhái wèn Tāngmǔ tā zhù zài nǎlǐ.
  A young girl on crutches asked Tom where he lived.
• 自从我弄断了两条腿，我就拄着拐杖走路了。
  Zìcóng wǒ nòng duàn le liǎng tiáo tuǐ, wǒ jiù zhǔ zhe guǎizhàng zǒulù le.
  I'm on crutches since I broke both my legs.

Where 拐杖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · guǎi–gù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǎi zhàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.