痢疾 (lì ji) — dysentery | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dysentery

痢疾，。
Tā dé le lì ji, xū yào mǎ shàng qù yī yuàn.
He has come down with dysentery and needs to go to the hospital right away.
痢疾。
Zhè zhǒng yào duì zhì liáo lì ji fēi cháng yǒu xiào.
This medicine is very effective for treating dysentery.
痢疾。
Zhù yì yǐn shí wèi shēng kě yǐ yù fáng lì ji.
Paying attention to food hygiene can prevent dysentery.

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.

痢lìdysentery

疾jíillness

痢 (dysentery) and 疾 (illness) together mean an illness marked by dysentery.

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.

疒利痢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèillness

Sound part声符shēngfú

利

Same sound today

痢 pairs the illness radical 疒 with the sound component 利, giving a character for a kind of illness.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

疒大疾

疾 combines 疒, showing illness, with a form showing an arrow flying toward a person, giving the sense of fast.

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