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妇产科 (fù chǎn kē) — obstetrics and gynecology department

Definition

noun
obstetrics and gynecology department
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 妇产科。
    Tā huái yùn hòu měi gè yuè dōu qù fù chǎn kē jiǎn chá.
    After becoming pregnant, she goes to the obstetrics and gynecology department for checkups every month.
  • 妇产科。
    Zhè jiā yī yuàn de fù chǎn kē yī shēng fēi cháng yǒu jīng yàn.
    The doctors in this hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department are very experienced.
  • 妇产科，。
    Tā zài fù chǎn kē gōng zuò, měi tiān yào jiē shēng hǎo jǐ gè yīng ér.
    She works in the obstetrics and gynecology department and delivers several babies every day.

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.

妇产women's and childbirth
妇fùwoman产chǎnchildbirth
联合Coordinate
科kēdepartment

妇 means woman, 产 means childbirth, and 科 means department, naming the women's and childbirth department.

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 婦; 妇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
帚
帚zhǒu婦fù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 婦 pairs 女 (woman) with 帚 (broom), and the Shuowen reads it as a woman holding a broom. The simplified 妇 is a shorthand.

Open 妇 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斗斗dòumeasuring tool
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé科kē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

科 pairs 禾, which gives the hé sound, with 斗, a measuring tool.

Open 科 →
Appears in
Hospital & Clinic

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