動脈

動脈

See also: 动脉

Chinese

		to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act	mountain range; pulse
trad. (動脈)		動	脈
simp. (动脉)		动	脉
anagram		脈動／脉动

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 動脈 (どうみゃく) (dōmyaku, “artery”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 動脈／动脉 (dòngmài, “one of the twenty-eight pulses in TCM”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòngmài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung⁶ mak⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): tǒng-be̍h / tōng-me̍h / tōng-me̍eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dòngmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: donqmay
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung⁶ mak⁶
    • Yale: duhng mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung⁶ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung⁶ meg⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²² mɐk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒng-be̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tǒng-be̍h
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²² beʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-me̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-me̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxngmeh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōng-me̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: tōng-me̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/

Noun

動脈

1. (anatomy) artery

Antonyms

• 靜脈／静脉 (jìngmài)

Derived terms

上大動脈／上大动脉 主動脈／主动脉 (zhǔdòngmài) 主動脈弓／主动脉弓 冠狀動脈／冠状动脉 (guānzhuàng dòngmài) 動脈瘤／动脉瘤 (dòngmàiliú) 動脈硬化／动脉硬化 (dòngmài yìnghuà) 動脈粥樣硬化／动脉粥样硬化 (dòngmài zhōuyàng yìnghuà) 動脈脂肪沉積／动脉脂肪沉积

動脈輸血／动脉输血 大動脈／大动脉 (dàdòngmài) 橈動脈／桡动脉 肌萎縮性脊髓側索硬化症／肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症 (jīwěisuōxìng jǐsuǐcèsuǒ yìnghuàzhèng) 肺動脈／肺动脉 (fèidòngmài) 頸動脈／颈动脉 頸動脈竇／颈动脉窦

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
動	脈
どう Grade: 3	みゃく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) どーみゃく [dòómyákú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ど​ーみゃく [dóꜜòmyàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ːmʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

動脈 (hiragana どうみゃく, rōmaji dōmyaku)

1. (anatomy) an artery

Descendants

• Chinese: 動脈／动脉 (dòngmài)
• Korean: 동맥 (dongmaek)
• Vietnamese: động mạch

See also

• 静 (じょう)脈 (みゃく) (jōmyaku, “vein”)
• 毛 (もう)細 (さい)血 (けっ)管 (かん) (mōsai kekkan)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
動	脈

Noun

動脈 • (dongmaek, McCune-Reischauer: tongmaek, Yale: tōngmayk) (hangeul 동맥)

1. Hanja form^? of 동맥 (“artery”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
動	脈

Noun

動脈

1. Hán tự form of động mạch (“artery”).