气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气管
qìguǎn
trachea; windpipe
Characters in this word
管 guǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 官 official, public servant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 异物进入气管后，必须立即采取急救措施，避免窒息。 Yìwù jìnrù qìguǎn hòu, bìxū lìjí cǎiqǔ jíjiù cuòshī, bìmiǎn zhìxī. After a foreign object enters the windpipe, first-aid measures must be taken immediately to avoid suffocation.
- 吃东西时说话，容易呛进气管。 Chī dōngxi shí shuōhuà, róngyì qiàng jìn qìguǎn. Talking while eating can easily make food go down into the windpipe.
- 医生说他的气管发炎了，要少说话。 Yīshēng shuō tā de qìguǎn fāyán le, yào shǎo shuōhuà. The doctor said his trachea is inflamed and he should talk less.