幽门 (yōu mén) — pylorus | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pylorus

Examples

幽门。
yōu mén Shì wèi hé shí èr zhǐ cháng zhī jiān de tōng dào.
The pylorus is the passage between the stomach and the duodenum.
幽门。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le huàn zhě de yōu mén gōng néng.
The doctor examined the patient's pyloric function.
幽门。
yōu mén Kuò yuē jī kòng zhì shí wù cóng wèi jìn rù xiǎo cháng.
The pyloric sphincter controls food moving from the stomach into the small intestine.

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.

幽门 combines 幽 'hidden' and 门 'gate' to name a concealed opening.

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.

𢆶山幽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢆶

𢆶𢆶幽yōu

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

幽 pairs 山, mountain, with 𢆶 as a sound part.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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