肺癌 (fèi ái) — lung cancer | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lung cancer

肺癌。
Tā qù nián bèi zhěn duàn chū fèi ái.
He was diagnosed with lung cancer last year.
肺癌。
Xī yān huì zēng jiā huàn shàng fèi ái de fēng xiǎn.
Smoking increases the risk of developing lung cancer.
肺癌。
fèi ái De zǎo qī zhèng zhuàng bìng bù míng xiǎn.
The early symptoms of lung cancer are not obvious.

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.

肺 names the organ, and 癌 names the disease that grows there.

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ròumeat; flesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

巿

巿fú肺fèi

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

肺 combines ⺼, a form of 肉 meaning flesh, with 巿 for the sound.

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

疒嵒癌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèdisease

Sound part声符shēngfú

嵒

嵒yán癌

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

癌 combines 疒 (disease) with 嵒, a component used for its sound.

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