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小脑 (xiǎo nǎo) — cerebellum

Definition

noun
cerebellum

Examples

  • 小脑。
    Rén de xiǎo nǎo kòng zhì shēn tǐ de píng héng.
    The cerebellum controls the body's balance.
  • ，小脑。
    Tā shuāi dǎo le, xiǎo nǎo shòu le shāng.
    He fell and injured his cerebellum.
  • 小脑。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de xiǎo nǎo gōng néng.
    The doctor examined his cerebellar function.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

小xiǎosmall
脑nǎobrain

The 小 part means small and 脑 means brain; together they name the small brain-like part.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 八八bāto divide; to separate
  • 丨丨gǔnsmall object

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 腦; 脑 is its simplified writing.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 巛巛chuānhair
  • 囟囟xìnhead; fontanel

In the traditional form 腦, the older part 匕 was replaced by a flesh part, while 巛 (hair) and 囟 (head; fontanel) stayed. The simplified 脑 is a later abbreviation.

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