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麻痹

má bì

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

麻痹 (má bì) means "paralysis; palsy; numbness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 麻痹 means

1. paralysis
2. palsy
3. numbness
4. to benumb
5. (fig.) to lull
6. negligent
7. apathetic

The characters in 麻痹

• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 痹bìparalysis; numbness

Words starting with 麻痹

• 麻痹大意má bì dà yìunwary; negligent

Words containing 麻痹

• 小儿麻痹xiǎo ér má bìpolio (poliomyelitis)
• 脑性麻痹nǎo xìng má bìcerebral palsy; spasticity
• 震颤麻痹zhèn chàn má bìpalsy; trembling paralysis; used for Parkinson's disease 帕金森病
• 小儿麻痹症xiǎo ér má bì zhèngpoliomyelitis; infantile paralysis
• 小儿麻痹病毒xiǎo ér má bì bìng dúpoliovirus

Sounds the same

Read má bì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 痲痹variant of 麻痹

Where 麻痹 is taught

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

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