Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Paralyzed; Paralysed: Describes a person or part of the body that has lost the ability to move or feel, typically due to illness or injury.
   • Broken Down; Out of Order: Describes a machine or vehicle that has stopped functioning.
   • Poor; Inferior (archaic or academic): Describes something of very low quality or rank.

2. Verb:

   • To rank; to classify; to list: To place or include someone or something in a particular category or list.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Sau tai nạn, ông ấy bị liệt nửa người. (After the accident, he was paralyzed on one side of his body.)
  • Chiếc xe máy bị liệt giữa đường. (The motorbike broke down in the middle of the road.)
  • Bài thi đó bị xếp vào loại liệt. (That exam was graded as poor/failing.)

• Verb:

  • Anh ấy được liệt vào danh sách những nhà khoa học hàng đầu. (He is ranked among the top scientists.)

Advanced Usage

• Medical Terminology: Used in compound terms to specify types of paralysis.
  • liệt nửa người: hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body).
  • liệt tứ chi: quadriplegia/tetraplegia (paralysis of all four limbs).

Variants and Related Words

• Bại liệt (n): Poliomyelitis (the disease polio); (adj) paralyzed.
  • Bệnh bại liệt đã được khống chế. (Polio has been contained.)
• Liệt giường (adj): Bedridden.
  • Cụ ông đã liệt giường nhiều năm. (The old man has been bedridden for many years.)
• Liệt kê (v): To list, to enumerate.
  • Hãy liệt kê tất cả các nguyên nhân có thể. (Please list all possible causes.)

Synonyms

• Paralyzed: incapacitated, immobile.
• Broken down: inoperative, out of order.
• To rank: to classify, to categorize, to list.

Related Idioms

• Liệt vị (archaic): A humble term for one's own seat or position, showing modesty.
  • Xin mời quý khách, còn liệt vị này xin dành cho tôi. (Please, honored guests, be seated. This humble seat is for me.)
• Ưu liệt (archaic): Superior and inferior; used to discuss ranking or quality.
  • Phải phân biệt rõ sự ưu liệt. (One must clearly distinguish between superior and inferior.)

verb

1. to rank; to assort

adj

1. paralysed; paralytic
   • biệt liệt cả người
     paralysed in body