不适感 (bú shì gǎn) — discomfort, unpleasant sensation

Definition

noun
discomfortunpleasant sensation

Examples

  • ，不适感。
    Wǒ chī le yào yǐ hòu, bú shì gǎn hěn kuài jiù xiāo shī le.
    After taking the medicine, the discomfort quickly disappeared.
  • ，不适感。
    Zuò le yì tiān de fēi jī, shēn tǐ huì yǒu yì xiē bú shì gǎn.
    After sitting on a plane all day, your body will feel some discomfort.
  • 不适感。
    Zhè zhǒng bú shì gǎn kě néng zhǐ shì zàn shí de.
    This kind of discomfort may be temporary.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

不适discomfort
不bùnot适shìcomfortable
偏正Modifier + head
感gǎnfeeling

不适 describes discomfort, and 感 gives the sense of a feeling.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 適; 适 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
啻
啻chì適shì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 適 pairs 辶 (walking) with a sound part; its inner part was originally 啻 and was stylized into 啇. The simplified 适 is a later variant.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián感gǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

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