# 膝盖 (xīgài)

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

- Meaning: knee
- Pinyin: xīgài (xi1 gai4)
- Traditional: 膝蓋
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他不小心摔倒，磕破了膝盖。
  Tā bù xiǎoxīn shuāidǎo, kēpòle xīgài.
  He accidentally fell and scraped his knee.

## Characters

- 膝 (xī): knee
- [盖](https://hanziro.com/word/gai-lid/) (gài): lid; top

https://hanziro.com/word/xi-gai-knee/

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