殘奧會

简 残奥会 · 繁 殘奧會
Mandarin · pinyin Cán Ào huì

Meanings

  1. Paralympic Games
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

殘
Look up this written character
奧
Look up this written character
會
huì · to assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
残
cán · injure, spoil; oppress; broken
奥
ào · mysterious, obscure, profound
会
huì · assemble, meet together; meeting
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–4 · Can2 Ao4 hui4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

殘奧會 · find source passages ↗ · 残奥会 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 殘疾人奧林匹克運動會/残疾人奥林匹克运动会 (Cánjírén Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì, “Paralympics”)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack