脾 pí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 卑 humble, low, inferior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
脾
pí
spleen
Character
Example phrases
- 中医认为脾与消化吸收关系密切，但不能简单等同于西医的器官概念。 Zhōngyī rènwéi pí yǔ xiāohuà xīshōu guānxì mìqiè, dàn bùnéng jiǎndān děngtóng yú xīyī de qìguān gàiniàn. Chinese medicine considers the spleen closely related to digestion and absorption, but it cannot be simply equated with the Western medical organ concept.
- 医生说他的脾有点肿大，需要再检查。 Yīshēng shuō tā de pí yǒudiǎn zhǒngdà, xūyào zài jiǎnchá. The doctor said his spleen is slightly enlarged and needs further examination.
- 老中医说，吃饭不规律会伤脾胃。 Lǎo zhōngyī shuō, chīfàn bù guīlǜ huì shāng píwèi. An old doctor of Chinese medicine said that eating irregularly harms the spleen and stomach.
Related words
- 脾气 píqi temper
- 筋 jīn tendon; muscle; vein
- 肾 shèn kidney
- 脊梁 jǐliáng backbone; spine; moral backbone
- 内脏 nèizàng internal organs; viscera
- 伤痕 shānghén scar; wound mark
- 气管 qìguǎn trachea; windpipe
- 裸 luǒ to be bare; to be naked; to expose
- 气息 qìxī breath; flavour; atmosphere
- 裸露 luǒlù to be exposed; to be bare
- 口水 kǒushuǐ saliva; drool; empty talk
- 裸体 luǒtǐ naked body; nude; naked