半月板

bànyuèbǎn

noun

Meanings

1 meniscus (anatomy, in the knee joint)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

医生建议做半月板修复手术。

Yīshēng jiànyì zuò bànyuèbǎn xiūfù shǒushù.

The doctor recommended meniscus repair surgery.

HSK 7-9

他打篮球时撕裂了半月板。

Tā dǎ lánqiú shí sīliè le bànyuèbǎn.

He tore his meniscus playing basketball.

Tips

memory

Lit. 'half-moon plate' - the meniscus is a crescent-shaped piece of cartilage in the knee. Same crescent shape Latin meniscus refers to. Visual name = easy to remember.

Stroke Order

半 bàn

月 yuè

板 bǎn