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病理学 (bìng lǐ xué) — pathology

Definition

noun
pathology

Examples

  • 病理学，。
    Tā zhèng zài xué xí bìng lǐ xué, xiǎng dāng yì míng yī shēng.
    He is studying pathology because he wants to become a doctor.
  • 病理学。
    bìng lǐ xué Yán jiū jí bìng de yuán yīn hé fā zhǎn guò chéng.
    Pathology studies the causes and development of diseases.
  • 病理学。
    Zhè wèi jiào shòu shì bìng lǐ xué fāng miàn de zhuān jiā.
    This professor is an expert in pathology.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

病理disease mechanisms
病bìngdisease理lǐprinciple
偏正Modifier + head
学xuésuffix

病理 names disease mechanisms, and 学 forms names of academic fields.

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
疒疒nèsickness
Sound part声符shēngfú
丙
丙bǐng病bìng
Same sound today

病 pairs 疒, a sickness mark, with 丙, which gives the sound; 丙 also means fire, giving a picture of lying feverishly in bed.

Open 病 →

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
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →
Appears in
Medicine & Treatment

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