肺叶

肺葉

fèiyè

noun #30,393

Measure Word

一个肺叶 gè

Meanings

1 lobe of the lung
2 pulmonary lobe

Characters

Examples

右肺有三个肺叶。

Yòu fèi yǒu sān gè fèiyè.

The right lung has three lobes.

医生切除了他的一个肺叶。

Yīshēng qiēchú le tā de yī gè fèiyè.

The doctor removed one of his lung lobes.

Tips

memory

肺 (lung) + 叶 (leaf) — anatomical 'lobes' are called 叶 because they fan out like leaves on a stem. The same character is also used in 脑叶 (cerebral lobe) and 肝叶 (liver lobe).

Stroke Order

肺 fèi

叶 yè