上臂 (shàng bì) — upper arm | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

upper arm

Measure word · 条

，上臂。
Tā jǔ yǎ líng de shí hou, shàng bì de jī ròu hěn fā dá.
His upper arm muscles are very developed when he lifts dumbbells.
上臂，。
Yī shēng ràng wǒ bǎ shàng bì tái qǐ lái, jiǎn chá yǒu méi yǒu shòu shāng.
The doctor asked me to lift my upper arm to check for injury.
上臂。
Zhè jiàn duǎn xiù chèn shān de shàng bì bù fen tài jǐn le.
The upper arm part of this short-sleeved shirt is too tight.

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.

上 means upper and 臂 means arm, so together they mean upper arm.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.

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

肉肉ròumeat; flesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

辟

Same sound today

臂 includes 肉, meaning meat or flesh, and 辟, which gives the character its sound.