06787 Chinese character of 痿 and pronounce wai2

The Chinese character【痿】that I will teach you this time is a word that describes health or illness. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Muscle wasting or weakness.

This is how you pronounce the given Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【痿】:wěi

Cantonese Jyutping of 【痿】:wai2

This section presents general background information on the Chinese character 【痿】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【痿】, for example:Describing health or medical conditions , It means mainly muscle atrophy or weakness .Because of the extensive meanings of Chinese characters, some intricate details and specialized uses might not be fully presented here.

【痿】exists independently, yet its interaction with other words enriches expressions, such as【痿症、痿縮】(Mandarin Pinyin:wěi zhèng 、wěi suō/ Cantonese Jyutping:wai2 zing3 、wai2 suk1)

It takes 13 strokes to write this character,It is an obscure Chinese character that may only be found in ancient texts,This sentence highlights one way to use this character.:


長期臥床可能導致肢體痿軟無力。

Long-term bed rest may lead to limb weakness.


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