体腔 (tǐ qiāng) — body cavity | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

body cavity

体腔。
Rén tǐ tǐ qiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhòng yào de qì guān.
There are many important organs inside the human body cavity.
体腔。
Shǒu shù shí bì xū xiǎo xīn bú yào sǔn shāng tǐ qiāng nèi de zǔ zhī.
During surgery, one must be careful not to damage the tissues inside the body cavity.
体腔。
Zhè ge dòng wù de tǐ qiāng jié gòu hé qí tā bǔ rǔ dòng wù xiāng sì.
The body cavity structure of this animal is similar to that of other mammals.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

体 (body) and 腔 (cavity) combine to name a cavity in the body.

Characters in this word

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.