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Chinese symbol for “stooping”

驼背
tuó bèi
Traditional: 駝背
hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stooping is 驼背 (tuó bèi), defined as: hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback.

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Characters and stroke order

驼 tuó
camel; humpback; to carry on one's back
radical 187 ⾺ · 8 strokes
背 bèi
back, backside; to betray, to violate
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “stooping”

WordPinyinMeaning
微驼 (微駝)wēi tuóstooping; hunched

Related words

Other words that share a character with 驼背.

WordPinyinMeaning
骆驼 (駱駝)luò tuocamel (CL:峰 (fēng),匹 (pǐ),头 (tóu)); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
驼峰 (駝峰)tuó fēnghump of a camel; hump (in a railroad hump yard)
羊驼 (羊駝)yáng tuóalpaca
驼鹿 (駝鹿)tuó lùmoose (Alces alces)
驼色 (駝色)tuó sècamel (color)
背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
背后 (背後)bèi hòubehind; at the back
违背 (違背)wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to

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.