抵抗力 (dǐ kàng lì) — resistance (to disease); immunity | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

resistance (to disease)immunity

Examples

抵抗力。
Duàn liàn shēn tǐ néng zēng qiáng dǐ kàng lì.
Exercise can strengthen one's resistance.
抵抗力，。
Tā de dǐ kàng lì hěn chà, jīng cháng gǎn mào.
His resistance is very poor; he catches colds often.
抵抗力。
Zhè zhǒng yào kě yǐ tí gāo rén tǐ dǐ kàng lì.
This medicine can improve the body's resistance.

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.

抵抗resist

抵dǐresist抗kàngresist

联合Coordinate

抵抗 means to resist and 力 means power, so it names the power to resist disease.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

氐

氐dī抵

Same sound today

抵 pairs 手 (hand) with 氐, which gives its sound.

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.

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.

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