红斑狼疮 (hóng bān láng chuāng) — lupus erythematosus (medical condition)

Definition

noun
lupus erythematosus (medical condition)

Examples

  • 红斑狼疮，。
    Tā dé le hóng bān láng chuāng, xū yào cháng qī zhì liáo.
    He has lupus erythematosus and needs long-term treatment.
  • 红斑狼疮。
    hóng bān láng chuāng Shì yì zhǒng zì shēn miǎn yì xìng jí bìng.
    Lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease.
  • 红斑狼疮。
    Yī shēng ràng hóng bān láng chuāng bìng rén shǎo shài tài yáng.
    Doctors tell lupus patients to avoid sun exposure.

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.

红斑red spot
红hóngred斑bānspot
偏正Modifier + head
狼疮wolf sore
狼lángwolf疮chuāngsore
偏正Modifier + head

红斑 means red spots and 狼疮 means wolf sore, together naming a disease with red rash.

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 紅; 红 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìsilk
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng紅hóng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 紅 puts 糸 (silk) next to 工, which gives the sound; the simplified 红 is a later shorthand.

Open 红 →

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
文文wénpattern
Sound part声符shēngfú
班
班bān斑bān
Same sound today

斑 uses 文 to show a pattern and 班 to give its sound.

Open 斑 →

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
犭Written in full as犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
良
良liáng狼láng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 犭 (full form 犬) shows a dog-like animal. The right part 良 gives the sound.

Open 狼 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 疮 →

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