敷料 (fū liào) — (medical) dressing, wound dressing

Definition

noun
(medical) dressingwound dressing
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 敷料。
    Hù shi gěi tā huàn le fū liào.
    The nurse changed his dressing.
  • 敷料。
    Zhè zhǒng fū liào kě yǐ fáng zhǐ gǎn rǎn.
    This type of dressing can prevent infection.
  • 敷料。
    Yī shēng yòng fū liào bāo zā le shāng kǒu.
    The doctor bandaged the wound with a dressing.

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.

敷fūspread
料liàomaterial

"敷" (spread) and "料" (material) form a material spread on wounds.

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
攵Written in full as攴pūhand with whip; action
Sound part声符shēngfú
尃
尃fū敷fū
Same sound today

敷 pairs 尃, giving its sound and the sense of distribute, with 攵, a hand with whip showing action.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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