A quadriplegic is a person who cannot move both arms and both legs, usually after a serious injury to the spinal cord in the neck. People describe it as “from the neck down.” The word is also an adjective: “quadriplegic patients.” The same honest extra note applies: some people with this label still have a little movement in the shoulders or arms.

A quadriplegic四肢癱瘓者 is a person who cannot move both arms and both legs指雙臂和雙腿都無法動彈的人，usually after a serious injury to the spinal cord in the neck通常是因為頸部脊髓受到嚴重損傷。People describe it as “from the neck down.”人們會形容它是「從脖子以下」。The word is also an adjective這個字也可以當形容詞用：“quadriplegic patients.”像是「quadriplegic patients」。The same honest extra note applies同樣要老實補充一點：some people with this label still have a little movement in the shoulders or arms有些被貼上這個標籤的人，肩膀或手臂還是能有一點點活動。

Many people now prefer “a person with quadriplegia,” so the injury is not treated as the whole human being. You will still hear quadriplegic in hospitals and in the news; it is blunt, not a slur, but it is not a word to throw around.

Many people now prefer “a person with quadriplegia,”現在很多人比較偏好說「a person with quadriplegia」，so the injury is not treated as the whole human being這樣傷勢就不會被當成一個人的全部。You will still hear quadriplegic你還是會在 in hospitals and in the news醫院和新聞裡聽到quadriplegic這個字；it is blunt它算是直白，not a slur不是歧視用語，but it is not a word to throw around但也不是隨便亂用的字。

British doctors often say tetraplegic instead.

British doctors英國醫生 often say tetraplegic instead常常改說tetraplegic。