肝硬化 (gān yìng huà) — cirrhosis of the liver | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cirrhosis of the liver

Examples

肝硬化。
Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā dé le gān yìng huà.
The doctor diagnosed him with cirrhosis of the liver.
肝硬化。
Cháng qī hē jiǔ shì dǎo zhì gān yìng huà de zhǔ yào yuán yīn zhī yī.
Long-term drinking is one of the main causes of cirrhosis of the liver.
肝硬化。
Zǎo qī fā xiàn gān yìng huà kě yǐ jí shí zhì liáo.
Early detection of cirrhosis of the liver allows timely treatment.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

硬化hardening

硬yìnghard化huàbecome

后缀Suffix

硬化 names the hardening, and 肝 shows it is the liver that becomes hard.

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.

石更硬

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

更

更gèng硬yìng

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

硬 is built from 石, meaning stone, to show hardness or stiffness, and 更, which gives the sound.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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