腹部 (fù bù) — abdomen, belly | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

abdomenbelly

Examples

腹部，。
Tā fù bù shòu le shāng, xū yào mǎ shàng shǒu shù.
He was injured in the abdomen and needs surgery immediately.
腹部，。
Yī shēng qīng qīng àn yā bìng rén de fù bù, wèn tā téng bu téng.
The doctor gently pressed the patient's abdomen and asked if it hurt.
腹部。
Yǎng wò qǐ zuò kě yǐ duàn liàn fù bù jī ròu.
Sit-ups can exercise the abdominal muscles.

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.

腹 names the belly and 部 marks it as a body part.

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.

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

咅

咅pǒu部bù

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

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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