胃酸 (wèi suān) — gastric acid; stomach acid | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

gastric acidstomach acid

Examples

胃酸。
wèi suān Guò duō huì ràng rén bù shū fu.
Too much gastric acid can make people feel uncomfortable.
，胃酸。
Chī wán fàn bú yào mǎ shàng tǎng xià, yǐ miǎn wèi suān fǎn liú.
Don't lie down right after eating, to prevent acid reflux.
胃酸。
Yī shēng ràng tā shǎo chī là de dōng xī lái jiǎn shǎo wèi suān.
The doctor told him to eat less spicy food to reduce stomach acid.

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.

胃wèistomach

stomach acid is the acid produced in the stomach.

Characters in this word

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

胃 originally drew a stomach with food inside, first as concentric circles and later with a grain-like mark in the middle.

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

酉夋酸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

夋

夋qūn酸suān

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

酸 is built from 酉 and 夋, and 夋 gives the sound.

Appears in

Organs & Anatomy

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.