Meaning
leg
Chinese: 腿，身体下肢。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tui” becomes a different word in each tone. 腿 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 火腿huǒ tuǐham
- 腿了tuǐ le(Tw) (Internet slang) too late, someone posted that already (supposedly from "lag" misspelled as "leg")
- 大腿dà tuǐthigh
- 方腿fāng tuǐprocessed ham product
- 小腿xiǎo tuǐlower leg (from knee to ankle); shank
Example Sentence
跑步以后，我的腿有点儿酸。Pǎo bù yǐ hòu, wǒ de tuǐ yǒu diǎnr suān.After running, my legs are a bit sore.
跑步pǎo bùto run以后yǐ hòuafter，我wǒI的deof腿tuǐleg有点儿yǒu diǎn rslightly酸suānsour。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The flesh radical 月 (body) plus 退 (tuì, sound): a body part — the ‘leg’.
A way to remember it
Flesh (月) + the sound 退 — the leg.
Easy to confuse with
- 脚‘Foot’: also the flesh radical 月, but with a different sound part.