# 动脉 (dòngmài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 动脉 (dòngmài) means “artery”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: artery
- Pinyin: dòngmài (dong4 mai4)
- Traditional: 動脈
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这条铁路是国家的交通大动脉。
  Zhè tiáo tiělù shì guójiā de jiāotōng dà dòngmài.
  This railway is a major transportation artery of the country.

## Characters

- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch
- 脉 (mài): arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-mai-artery/

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