排卵期 (pái luǎn qī) — ovulation period | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

The window in the menstrual cycle when an egg is released and pregnancy is most likely. It's a biological/medical term, not casual vocabulary.

noun

ovulation period

Examples

排卵期14。
Tā de pái luǎn qī dà yuē zài yuè jīng zhōu qī de dì 14 tiān.
Her ovulation period is around day 14 of the menstrual cycle.
排卵期，。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zài pái luǎn qī tóng fáng, yǐ zēng jiā huái yùn de jī huì.
The doctor advised her to have intercourse during her ovulation period to increase the chance of pregnancy.
排卵期。
Wǒ yòng shǒu jī yìng yòng lái jì lù pái luǎn qī.
I use a phone app to track my ovulation period.

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.

排卵expel egg

排páiexpel卵luǎnegg

动宾Verb + object

期qīperiod

排卵, the expelling of an egg, narrows 期 to a period.

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.

扌非排

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

非fēi排pái

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

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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

卵 comes from a picture of eggs or spawn.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí期qī

Same sound today

The original form paired 其 for its sound with 日 (sun). A related form changed that sun to 月, and this later developed into 期.

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