殘廢

See also: 残废

Chinese

destroy; spoil; ruin
destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
 
abolish; crippled
trad. (殘廢/殘癈) /
simp. (残废)

Pronunciation


Noun

殘廢

  1. 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

Verb

殘廢

  1. to become crippled; to become disabled

Derived terms

See also