肺叶 (fèi xié) — lobe of a lung | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lobe of a lung

Examples

肺叶。
Yī shēng zǐ xì jiǎn chá le bìng rén de fèi xié.
The doctor carefully examined the patient's lung lobe.
X肺叶。
X guāng piàn xiǎn shì tā de yòu fèi xié yǒu yīn yǐng.
The X-ray showed a shadow on his right lung lobe.
肺叶。
Shǒu shù qiē chú le bìng biàn de fèi xié.
The surgery removed the diseased lung lobe.

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 means lung and 叶 means lobe, so together they name a lobe of a lung.

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.

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

口十叶

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

十

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 叶 pairs 口 (mouth) with 十 (ten) as an old form meaning cooperate; it later came to mean leaf because it sounded similar.

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