肺 fèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 巿 to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
肺
fèi
lung
Character
Example phrases
- 长期吸入污染空气会损害肺，并降低身体的运动耐力。 Chángqī xīrù wūrǎn kōngqì huì sǔnhài fèi, bìng jiàngdī shēntǐ de yùndòng nàilì. Long-term inhalation of polluted air can damage the lungs and reduce the body's exercise endurance.
- 医生用听诊器听了听他的肺。 Yīshēng yòng tīngzhěnqì tīng le tīng tā de fèi. The doctor listened to his lungs with a stethoscope.
- 深呼吸的时候，空气会进入我们的肺里。 Shēn hūxī de shíhou, kōngqì huì jìnrù wǒmen de fèi lǐ. When we breathe deeply, air goes into our lungs.