膜管

móguǎn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (technical) membrane tube; a tube made of a thin membrane — used in anatomy ("membranous tube/duct"), filtration ("membrane tube"), and industrial equipment descriptions

Examples

Jìngshuǐqì de héxīn bùjiàn shì yī gēn zhōngkōng móguǎn.
The core component of the water purifier is a hollow-fibre membrane tube.
Shūluǎnguǎn shì yī duì móguǎn zhuàng qìguān.
The fallopian tubes are a pair of membranous tubular organs.

Tips

usage
Not listed in CC-CEDICT or Xinhua as a single entry. 膜管 is a compositional compound used in several technical fields — membrane-filtration engineering (hollow-fibre tube), anatomy/veterinary science ("membranous duct"), and biology. Expect it in specialist texts rather than everyday speech.

Stroke Order

guǎn