医大 (yī dà) — (abbreviation) medical university; university of medical sciences

Definition

noun
(abbreviation) medical universityuniversity of medical sciences
Measure word · 所

Examples

  • 医大。
    Wǒ xiǎng kǎo shàng hǎi yī dà.
    I want to apply to Shanghai Medical University.
  • 医大。
    yī dà De kè chéng ān pái hěn jǐn còu.
    The curriculum at the medical university is very intensive.
  • 医大。
    Tā bì yè hòu zài yī dà fù shǔ yī yuàn gōng zuò.
    After graduation she works at the affiliated hospital of the medical university.

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.

医yīmedicine
大dàuniversity

The shortened form names a medical university by putting 医 medicine before 大 university.

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 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
酉酉yǒuliquor
Sound part声符shēngfú
殹
殹yì醫yī
Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 医 →

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

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