脑溢血 (nǎo yì xuè) — cerebral hemorrhage

Definition

noun
cerebral hemorrhage

Examples

  • 脑溢血。
    Tā yīn wèi gāo xuè yā tū fā nǎo yì xuè.
    He suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage due to high blood pressure.
  • 脑溢血。
    nǎo yì xuè Bìng rén bèi jí shí sòng dào le yī yuàn.
    The cerebral hemorrhage patient was rushed to the hospital in time.
  • 脑溢血。
    Xī yān hé hē jiǔ huì zēng jiā huàn nǎo yì xuè de fēng xiǎn.
    Smoking and drinking increase the risk of cerebral hemorrhage.

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.

脑nǎobrain
溢血overflow blood
溢yìoverflow血xuèblood
动宾Verb + object

脑溢血 puts 脑 with 溢 and 血 to picture blood overflowing in the brain.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 腦; 脑 is its simplified writing.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 巛巛chuānhair
  • 囟囟xìnhead; fontanel

In the traditional form 腦, the older part 匕 was replaced by a flesh part, while 巛 (hair) and 囟 (head; fontanel) stayed. The simplified 脑 is a later abbreviation.

Open 脑 →

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

溢 is built from 氵, water, and 益, to increase, so it shows water rising and spilling over its edge.

Open 溢 →

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

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

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

Open 血 →

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