咽炎 (yān yán) — pharyngitis | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pharyngitis

咽炎，。
Tā zuì jìn dé le yān yán, sǎng zi hěn téng.
He recently got pharyngitis, and his throat is very sore.
咽炎。
Yī shēng shuō wǒ xū yào duō hē shuǐ lái zhì liáo yān yán.
The doctor said I need to drink more water to treat pharyngitis.
咽炎。
yān yán Huàn zhě yīng gāi bì miǎn chī xīn là de shí wù.
Pharyngitis patients should avoid eating spicy food.

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.

炎yáninflammation

咽 and 炎 combine: inflammation of the pharynx.

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.

口因咽

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

因

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

In 咽, 口 is mouth, showing it is connected to the mouth or throat; 因 gives the sound.

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

火火炎

炎 places two 火 (fire) shapes vertically, one above the other, to show fire doubled.