冠心病 (guān xīn bìng) — coronary heart disease | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

coronary heart disease

Examples

冠心病。
guān xīn bìng Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de xīn zàng jí bìng.
Coronary heart disease is a common heart condition.
冠心病。
Xī yān huì zēng jiā huàn guān xīn bìng de fēng xiǎn.
Smoking increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease.
冠心病。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zuò guān xīn bìng shǒu shù.
The doctor recommended he have coronary heart disease surgery.

Origin

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.

冠guāncoronary

心病heart disease

心xīnheart病bìngdisease

偏正Modifier + head

冠 here refers to coronary, and 心病 is heart disease, giving coronary heart disease.

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.

冖元寸冠

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冖冖mìhat

寸寸cùnhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

元

元yuán冠guàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冠 shows a hand putting a hat on a head: 寸 is the hand, 冖 is the hat, and 元 is the head.

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

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

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

疒丙病

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèsickness

Sound part声符shēngfú

丙

丙bǐng病bìng

Same sound today

病 pairs 疒, a sickness mark, with 丙, which gives the sound; 丙 also means fire, giving a picture of lying feverishly in bed.

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