髌骨 (bìngǔ) · kneecap, patella

Measure Word

一块髌骨 kuài

HSK 5

医生说他的髌骨有点儿移位，要休息一个月。

Yīshēng shuō tā de bìngǔ yǒudiǎnr yíwèi, yào xiūxi yí ge yuè.

The doctor said his kneecap had shifted a little out of place and he would need a month's rest.

HSK 7-9

他摔了一跤，髌骨骨折了。

Tā shuāi le yì jiāo, bìngǔ gǔzhé le.

He fell and broke his kneecap.

register

The anatomical word; in everyday speech people say 膝盖骨. The older character 膑 for the same bone now survives mostly in the name of the strategist 孙膑.

髌 bìn

骨 gǔ