缺血 (quē xuè) — (medicine, of organs or tissue) to have an insu…

Definition

verb

(medicine, of organs or tissue) to have an insufficient blood supplyischemia(of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies

缺血。
Xīn zàng quē xuè huì dǎo zhì yán zhòng wèn tí.
Cardiac ischemia (insufficient blood supply to the heart) can cause serious problems.
缺血，。
Yī yuàn xuè kù zuì jìn fēi cháng quē xuè, xī wàng dà jiā yǒng yuè xiàn xiě.
The hospital blood bank has been running very low recently; we hope everyone will step up to donate blood.
缺血，。
Rú guǒ shēn tǐ cháng qī quē xuè, rén jiù huì gǎn dào tóu yūn fá lì.
If the body experiences long-term blood insufficiency, a person will feel dizzy and fatigued.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

缺 means lacking, and 血 means blood, so the sense is to lack blood.

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.

缶夬缺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

缶缶fǒuearthen pot

Sound part声符shēngfú

夬

夬guài缺quē

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

缺 pairs 缶, an earthen pot, with 夬, which gives the sound.

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

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.