哮喘 (xiào chuǎn) — asthma | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

asthma

Examples

哮喘，。
Tā xiǎo de shí hou jiù yǒu xiào chuǎn, bù néng pǎo bù.
He has had asthma since childhood and can't run.
哮喘。
Yī shēng gěi tā kāi le zhì xiào chuǎn de yào.
The doctor prescribed him medicine for asthma.
，哮喘。
Zuì jìn tiān qì bù hǎo, tā de xiào chuǎn yòu fàn le.
Recently the weather has been bad, and her asthma has flared up again.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

A breathing condition of wheezing and panting: 哮 means wheeze, 喘 means pant.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

口耑喘

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

耑

耑zhuān喘chuǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

喘 is made from 口 (mouth) and 耑, which supplies the sound.

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