医护 (yī hù) — medical staff, healthcare workers | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

medical staffhealthcare workers

Measure word · 名

Examples

医护。
Yī yuàn de yī hù gōng zuò fēi cháng xīn kǔ.
The medical staff at the hospital work very hard.
医护。
Suǒ yǒu yī hù dōu cān jiā le zhè cì péi xùn.
All healthcare workers attended this training.
医护。
Gǎn xiè měi yí wèi yī hù de fù chū.
Thank every medical staff member for their dedication.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

医yīdoctor

医 and 护 stand for medical care and nursing, together referring to healthcare staff.

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.

殹酉醫

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.

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

扌户护

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

户

户hù护hù

Same sound today

护 combines 扌 (the hand form 手) with 户, which gives the sound hù.

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Hospital & Clinic Professions & Jobs

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