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肺动脉 (fèi dòng mài) — pulmonary artery

Definition

noun
pulmonary artery
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 肺动脉。
    fèi dòng mài Jiāng xuè yè cóng xīn zàng shū sòng dào fèi bù.
    The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs.
  • 肺动脉。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le bìng rén de fèi dòng mài shì fǒu zhèng cháng.
    The doctor checked whether the patient's pulmonary artery was normal.
  • 肺动脉。
    fèi dòng mài Gāo yā shì yì zhǒng yán zhòng de xīn zàng jí bìng.
    Pulmonary hypertension is a serious heart condition.

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.

肺fèilung
动脉artery
动dòngmoving脉màivessel
偏正Modifier + head

肺 gives lung, 动 gives moving, and 脉 gives vessel, naming the lung's moving vessel.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
巿
巿fú肺fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

肺 combines ⺼, a form of 肉 meaning flesh, with 巿 for the sound.

Open 肺 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 動; 动 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
重
重zhòng動dòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 動 uses 力 (strength) and 重 as a sound part; 重 refers to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human. This note is about 動, not 动.

Open 动 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 脈; 脉 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròuflesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠂢
𠂢𠂢脈mài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 脈 pairs ⺼ (flesh) with a sound part, 𠂢; the simplified 脉 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical sound part.

Open 脉 →
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