抗体 (kàng tǐ) — antibody | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

antibody

Measure word · 个

抗体。
Yī hù rén yuán zhù shè yì miáo hòu huì chǎn shēng kàng tǐ.
Medical staff produce antibodies after getting vaccinated.
抗体。
kàng tǐ Kě yǐ bāng zhù shēn tǐ dǐ kàng bìng dú.
Antibodies help the body fight viruses.
抗体。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá tā de xuè yè lǐ yǒu méi yǒu kàng tǐ.
The doctor checks whether there are antibodies in his blood.

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.

体tǐsubstance

抗 contributes 'resist' and 体 contributes 'substance', so 抗体 denotes a substance that resists.

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.

扌亢抗

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

亢

亢kàng抗kàng

Same sound today

抗 is made from 扌, a written form of 手 (hand), and 亢, which gives the sound.

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 體; 体 is its simplified writing.

骨豊體

Meaning part形符xíngfú

骨骨gǔbone

Sound part声符shēngfú

豊

豊lǐ體tǐ

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

The traditional form 體 pairs 骨 (bone) with 豊 as a sound part; this note is about 體, not about the parts of 体.

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