器官移植

qìguān yízhí

noun

Meanings

1 organ transplant
2 organ transplantation

Characters

official, organ

Examples

他正在等待器官移植。

Tā zhèngzài děngdài qìguān yízhí.

He is waiting for an organ transplant.

器官移植需要合适的捐献者。

Qìguān yízhí xūyào héshì de juānxiàn zhě.

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