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盆腔 (pén qiāng) — pelvic cavity

Definition

noun
pelvic cavity

Examples

  • 盆腔。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de pén qiāng.
    The doctor examined her pelvic cavity.
  • 盆腔。
    pén qiāng Nèi yǒu hěn duō zhòng yào de qì guān.
    There are many important organs inside the pelvic cavity.
  • 盆腔。
    Tā yīn wèi pén qiāng téng tòng qù le yī yuàn.
    She went to the hospital because of pelvic cavity pain.

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.

盆pénbasin
腔qiāngcavity

盆 is a basin and 腔 a cavity, so the meaning is a basin-shaped cavity.

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
皿皿mǐn
Sound part声符shēngfú
分
分fēn盆pén(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

盆 pairs 分, which gives the sound, with 皿, a vessel, to indicate a basin or tub.

Open 盆 →

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

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

Open 腔 →
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