器官移植

qìguān yízhí

noun

Meanings

1 organ transplant
2 organ transplantation

Characters

official, organ

Examples

HSK 7-9

他正在等待器官移植。

Tā zhèngzài děngdài qìguān yízhí.

He is waiting for an organ transplant.

HSK 7-9

器官移植需要合适的捐献者。

Qìguān yízhí xūyào héshì de juānxiànzhě.

Organ transplants require suitable donors.

Tips

memory

移植 literally means 'move and plant' - the same verb used for transplanting trees. Applied to organs, the metaphor is vivid: a kidney is replanted into a new body.

Stroke Order

器 qì

官 guān

移 yí

植 zhí