Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Crippled; lame; disabled: Describes a person or animal with a limb (especially a leg) that is injured, deformed, or non-functional, making walking difficult or impossible.
   • Impaired; not functioning properly: Can be used metaphorically to describe something that is flawed, incomplete, or not working correctly.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau tai nạn, ông ấy bị què một chân. (After the accident, he became lame in one leg.)
  • Con chó nhỏ bị què từ khi mới sinh. (The little dog has been lame since birth.)
  • Cái bàn này bị què một chân. (This table has one leg that is broken/doesn't work properly.)

Advanced Usage

• "què quặt": Severely lame or crippled; also used figuratively to mean awkward, stilted, or flawed (e.g., in language or reasoning).
  • Lý lẽ của anh ta nghe thật què quặt. (His argument sounds very flawed/weak.)
• "nói què nói quặt": To speak in a stilted, awkward, or unconvincing manner.
  • Đừng có nói què nói quặt nữa, hãy nói thẳng sự thật đi. (Stop speaking in such a stilted/evasive way, tell the truth directly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tật què (n): Lameness; the condition of being crippled.
  • Anh ấy mang tật què từ nhỏ. (He has had lameness since childhood.)
• Quặt (adj/v): Often paired with "què" for emphasis; can mean to bend sharply or to be perverse.
• Khập khiễng (adj): Limping; describes the gait of a lame person. It is a close synonym but focuses more on the action of walking unevenly rather than the permanent condition.

Synonyms

• Tàn tật: Disabled, handicapped (a more general and formal term).
• Thọt: Lame, specifically limping (colloquial).
• Hỏng: Broken, not working (used for objects; can be synonymous in the metaphorical sense).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: As an adjective, "què" does not form phrasal verbs in the same way verbs do. However, it is commonly used in set phrases with verbs.) - Bị què: To be/become lame. * Nó bị què sau cú ngã. (It became lame after the fall.) - Làm què: To cripple, to lame (someone/something). * Viên đạn làm què chân người lính. (The bullet lamed the soldier's leg.)

Related Idioms

• "Chưa đui, chưa què, chớ khoe rằng tốt" (Proverb): Literally, "Not yet blind, not yet lame, don't boast that you are well." It means one should not be overconfident or boast about one's good fortune, as misfortune can strike anyone at any time.
• "Câu văn què": A lame/flawed sentence (figurative use).
• "Kế hoạch què": A flawed or incomplete plan (figurative use).

adj

1. crippled; disabled; lame
   • què tay
     to be disabled in one's arm