检疫 (jiǎn yì) — to quarantine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to quarantine

Examples

检疫。
Suǒ yǒu rù jìng lǚ kè dōu bì xū jiē shòu jiǎn yì shí sì tiān.
All arriving travelers must undergo a fourteen-day quarantine.
，检疫。
Yóu yú yì qíng, zhèng fǔ jué dìng duì nà ge xiǎo qū jìn xíng jiǎn yì.
Due to the epidemic, the government decided to quarantine that housing complex.
检疫。
Zhè pī jìn kǒu shuǐ guǒ jīng guò yán gé jiǎn yì hòu cái yǔn xǔ xiāo shòu.
This batch of imported fruit is only allowed to be sold after going through strict quarantine.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

检jiǎnexamine

疫yìepidemic

检 means to examine and 疫 means epidemic, so together they denote examining for 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

木僉檢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān檢jiǎn

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

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

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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

疒疒nèsickness

Sound part声符shēngfú

役

役yì疫yì

Same sound today

疫 uses 疒 as the sickness marker and 役 to give its sound.

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Medicine & Treatment