下颌 (xià hé) — lower jaw, mandible | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lower jawmandible

Measure word · 个

Examples

下颌。
Tā de xià hé bù xiǎo xīn zhuàng dào le zhuō zi.
His lower jaw accidentally hit the table.
下颌，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de xià hé, fā xiàn méi yǒu gǔ zhé.
The doctor examined his lower jaw and found no fracture.
下颌。
Tā zhěng róng shí duì xià hé jìn xíng le wēi tiáo.
She had a minor adjustment to her lower jaw during plastic surgery.

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.

下 'lower' and 颌 'jaw' mean the lower jaw.

Characters in this word

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

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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 頜; 颌 is its simplified writing.

合頁頜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

合

合hé頜hé

Same sound today

The traditional form 頜 pairs 合 (sound) with 頁 (head). The simplified 颌 is not the form described.

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