Definition

Examples

• 医生检查了他的上颌，发现有一颗牙齿需要拔掉。
  Yīshēng jiǎnchá le tā de shàng hé, fāxiàn yǒu yī kē yáchǐ xūyào bá diào.
  The doctor examined his upper jaw and found a tooth that needed to be pulled.
• 人类的上颌由两块骨头组成。
  Rénlèi de shàng hé yóu liǎng kuài gǔtou zǔchéng.
  The human upper jaw is made up of two bones.
• 这次手术要矫正她的上颌畸形。
  Zhè cì shǒushù yào jiǎozhèng tā de shàng hé jīxíng.
  This surgery will correct her upper jaw deformity.