出血热 (chū xuè rè) — hemorrhagic fever

Definition

noun

hemorrhagic fever

出血热，。
Tā dé le chū xuè rè, xū yào lì kè zhù yuàn.
He contracted hemorrhagic fever and needs to be hospitalized immediately.
出血热。
Zhè zhǒng chū xuè rè zhǔ yào tōng guò lǎo shǔ chuán bō.
This type of hemorrhagic fever is primarily spread by rats.
出血热。
Yù fáng chū xuè rè yào zhù yì gè rén wèi shēng.
To prevent hemorrhagic fever, pay attention to personal hygiene.

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.

出血bleeding

动宾Verb + object

出血 means bleeding, and 热 means fever; together they name a fever with bleeding.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

埶灬熱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì熱rè

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

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.