肺活量

fèihuóliàng
noun #33,178

Meanings

  1. 1 vital capacity (of the lungs)
  2. 2 lung capacity

Examples

HSK 3
Yóuyǒng néng zēngjiā fèihuóliàng.
Swimming can increase your lung capacity.
HSK 6
Yīshēng yòng yíqì cèliáng le wǒ de fèihuóliàng.
The doctor measured my vital capacity with an instrument.
HSK 7-9
Tā de fèihuóliàng hěn dà, pǎobù cónglái bù chuǎn.
He has huge lung capacity and never gets winded when running.

Tips

memory
(lung) + (live/active) + (amount) = the active amount your lung can hold. A clinical metric, but in everyday speech it's also used loosely for 'stamina' - 'his 肺活量 is huge' = 'he never runs out of breath.'

Stroke Order

fèi
huó
liàng