半月板

bànyuèbǎn

noun

Meanings

1 meniscus (anatomy, in the knee joint)

Characters

Examples

他打篮球时撕裂了半月板。

Tā dǎ lánqiú shí sīlièle bànyuèbǎn.

He tore his meniscus playing basketball.

医生建议做半月板修复手术。

Yīshēng jiànyì zuò bànyuèbǎn xiūfù shǒushù.

The doctor recommended meniscus repair surgery.

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