二尖瓣 (èr jiān bàn) — mitral valve | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mitral valve

二尖瓣。
Yī shēng tōng guò chāo shēng jiǎn chá fā xiàn tā de èr jiān bàn yǒu wèn tí.
The doctor found a problem with his mitral valve through an ultrasound examination.
二尖瓣。
èr jiān bàn Guān bì bù quán shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de xīn zàng jí bìng.
Mitral valve insufficiency is a common heart disease.
二尖瓣，。
Tā qù nián zuò le èr jiān bàn zhì huàn shǒu shù, xiàn zài huī fù dé hěn hǎo.
She had mitral valve replacement surgery last year and is recovering well.

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.

二尖two points

偏正Modifier + head

二尖 describes two points and 瓣 the valve, naming the mitral valve.

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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

小大尖

尖 puts 小 (small) above 大 (large), showing the width of an object gradually changing from small to large.

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

瓜瓜guāmelon

Sound part声符shēngfú

辡

辡biàn瓣bàn(r)

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

In 瓣, 瓜 is a melon and 辡 gives the sound; the note describes it as melon seeds.