心力衰竭 (xīn lì shuāi jié) — heart failure

Definition

noun

heart failure

心力衰竭。
Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā dé le xīn lì shuāi jié.
The doctor diagnosed him with heart failure.
心力衰竭。
xīn lì shuāi jié Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de xīn xuè guǎn jí bìng.
Heart failure is a common cardiovascular disease.
心力衰竭。
Tā yīn wèi xīn lì shuāi jié zhù yuàn zhì liáo le yí gè yuè.
He was hospitalized for a month due to heart failure.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

心力heart strength

偏正Modifier + head

衰竭fail

联合Coordinate

心力 is the heart's strength, and 衰竭 says it declines and exhausts.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 衰 pictures a palm-fiber raincoat, a garment later written with another character.

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

立曷竭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

曷

曷hé竭jié

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

竭 is built from 立 and 曷: 立 carries the meaning part, while 曷 supplies the sound.

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