Chinese symbol for “limping”
磕磕绊绊
kē ke bàn bàn
Traditional: 磕磕絆絆
bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for limping is 磕磕绊绊 (kē ke bàn bàn), defined as: bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磕磕绊绊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磕头 (磕頭) | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) |
| 磕碰 | kē pèng | to knock against; to bump into |
| 死磕 | sǐ kē | (coll.) to fight to the death |
| 磕CP | kē CP | (slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing; also pr. [ke4 CP] |
| 磕磕 | kē kē | (onom.) knocking |
| 绊脚石 (絆腳石) | bàn jiǎo shí | stumbling block; obstacle |
| 羁绊 (羈絆) | jī bàn | trammels; fetters |
| 绊倒 (絆倒) | bàn dǎo | to trip; to stumble |
| 牵绊 (牽絆) | qiān bàn | to bind; to yoke |
See also: Japanese symbol for “limping”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.