肝功能 (gān gōng néng) — liver function; liver function test | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

liver functionliver function test

Examples

肝功能？
Nǐ de gān gōng néng zhèng cháng ma?
Is your liver function normal?
肝功能。
Yī shēng jiàn yì wǒ zuò yí cì gān gōng néng.
The doctor recommends I have a liver function test.
肝功能。
Cháng qī yǐn jiǔ huì yǐng xiǎng gān gōng néng.
Long-term drinking can affect liver function.

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.

功能function

功gōngfunction能néngability

联合Coordinate

肝 means liver, and 功能 means function, giving liver function.

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

⺼Written in full as肉ròuflesh; body part

Sound part声符shēngfú

干

干gān肝gān

Same sound today

The left part ⺼ shows flesh or a body part, while the right part 干 gives the sound. Together they form 肝.

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

工力功

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

工

工gōng功gōng

Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

能 is an old picture of a bear, showing two paws and a face with an open mouth.

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