血常规 (xuè cháng guī) — (medicine) blood routine examination; complete…

Definition

noun

(medicine) blood routine examinationcomplete blood count (CBC)

血常规。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā qù zuò yí gè xuè cháng guī jiǎn chá.
The doctor recommended he get a blood routine exam.
血常规，。
Wǒ de xuè cháng guī jié guǒ chū lái le, yí qiè zhèng cháng.
My complete blood count results are out — everything is normal.
血常规。
Tōng guò xuè cháng guī kě yǐ kuài sù liǎo jiě shēn tǐ de jiàn kāng zhuàng kuàng.
A routine blood test can quickly give an overview of your health.

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.

常规routine

偏正Modifier + head

血 gives blood, and 常规 gives a regular routine, naming a standard blood examination.

Characters in this word

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

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

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

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

常 pairs 巾, a cloth, with 尚 as a sound part; the form originally referred to a lower garment.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 規; 规 is its simplified writing.

夫見規

The simplified 规 is a shorthand; the traditional form 規 shows a cross-shaped compass in its early drawing, and its later form uses 夫 and 見.