WordTaiwan frequency #21,805
小兒麻痺
ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˊ ㄇㄚˊ ㄅㄧˋ
“polio; poliomyelitis”
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小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.
兒
ㄦˊ
Child; son; offspring; a self-referential term used by children to parents; a term of address for a junior; a young man; also a surname.
麻
ㄇㄚˊ
Hemp or flax; sesame; a surname; rough or coarse; to feel numb or tingly; to have pins and needles.
痺
ㄅㄧˋ
Paralysis, often affecting limbs; numbness or loss of sensation; a neurological disease causing immobility.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 兒子ㄦˊ ㄗˇson; male child of a parent; a boy in relation to his parents
- 女兒ㄋㄩˇ ㄦˊdaughter; a female child of one's parents; a girl; an unmarried young woman
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 兒童ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊchild; a young person below adulthood; a boy or girl who has not yet reached maturity
- 小姐ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇyoung lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholder
- 小朋友ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇchild; kid; used by adults to address a child; in Taiwan, often refers to one's own child.
- 小心ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣto be careful; to take care; to exercise caution; to be cautious
- 從小ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇfrom childhood; from a young age; since one was young
- 小組ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇa small group; a team; a working unit composed of a few people.