注射器 (zhù shè qì) — syringe | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

syringe

Measure word · 支

Examples

注射器。
Hù shi yòng yì zhī gān jìng de zhù shè qì gěi bìng rén dǎ zhēn.
The nurse used a clean syringe to give the patient an injection.
注射器。
Yòng guò de zhù shè qì bù néng suí biàn luàn rēng.
Used syringes must not be thrown away carelessly.
注射器，。
Zhè ge zhù shè qì shì yí cì xìng de, yòng wán jiù yào diū diào.
This syringe is disposable; it should be thrown away after use.

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.

注射inject

注zhùinject射shèshoot

联合Coordinate

器qìdevice

注射 means to inject, and 器 means device, so 注射器 is an injection device.

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

水水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ注zhù

Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

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

弓弓gōngbow
矢矢shǐarrow

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

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

The origin of 器 is uncertain; one traditional account reads the whole shape as a scene of guarding over four vessels.

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Medicine & Treatment

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