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医用 (yī yòng) — medical; for medical use (attributive modifier)

Definition

Used only as an attributive modifier (医用X) meaning 'medical/for medical use' — it never stands alone as a predicate. Pairs with nouns like 口罩, 酒精, 器械.

adjective
medicalfor medical use (attributive modifier)

Examples

  • 医用。
    Zhè zhǒng yī yòng kǒu zhào kě yǐ yù fáng bìng dú.
    This kind of medical mask can prevent viruses.
  • 医用。
    Yī shēng shǐ yòng yī yòng jiǔ jīng lái xiāo dú.
    Doctors use medical alcohol to disinfect.
  • 医用。
    Zhè xiē yī yòng shǒu tào dōu shì yí cì xìng de.
    These medical gloves are all disposable.

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
用yònguse

医 ('medicine') and 用 ('use') combine to mean used in medicine.

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 →

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

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

Open 用 →
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