腹泻 (fù xiè) — to have diarrhea

Definition

A medical term for 'to have diarrhea,' more formal and clinical than the plain verb 泻. Used when describing the condition itself, especially in health contexts.

verb
to have diarrhea

Examples

  • ,腹泻。
    Tā chī le bù gān jìng de dōng xī, jié guǒ fù xiè le.
    He ate something unclean and ended up having diarrhea.
  • ,腹泻。
    Yī shēng ràng wǒ duō hē shuǐ, yīn wèi fù xiè huì ràng wǒ méi yǒu lì qi.
    The doctor told me to drink more water because diarrhea can make me feel weak.
  • 腹泻,。
    Rú guǒ fù xiè chāo guò sān tiān, yí dìng yào qù kàn yī shēng.
    If the diarrhea lasts more than three days, you must go see a doctor.

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.

腹fùbelly
泻xièflowing out

腹 means belly and 泻 means flowing out, so 腹泻 pictures the belly running.

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
肉肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù腹⁰fù
Same sound today

The left part 肉, meaning flesh, shows this is a body part, and the right part 复 gives the sound.

Open 腹 →

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
写
写xiě泻xiè
Same sound today

泻 pairs 水 (water) with 写, which gives the sound xiě.

Open 泻 →

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