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	廢
simp. (残废)		残	废

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cánfèi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄈㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ fai³
Min Nan (POJ): chân-hòe / chân-hùi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cánfèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanrfey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̠n³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caan⁴ fai³
  - Yale: chàahn fai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ fai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ fei³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑːn²¹ fɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-hòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsân-huè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zanhoex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡san²³⁻³³ hue²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² hue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡san²⁴⁻¹¹ hue¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-hùi
  - Tâi-lô: tsân-huì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zanhuix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² hui²¹/

Noun

殘廢

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”).

Synonyms

跛子 (bǒzi)
瘸子 (quézi)

Verb

殘廢

to become crippled; to become disabled