血样 (xuè yàng) — blood sample; blood specimen | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

blood sampleblood specimen

Measure word · 份

Examples

血样。
Yī shēng cǎi jí le huàn zhě de xuè yàng jìn xíng huà yàn.
The doctor took a blood sample from the patient for testing.
血样。
Zhè xiē xuè yàng xū yào fàng zài lěng cáng xiāng lǐ bǎo cún.
These blood specimens need to be kept in a refrigerator.
血样。
Huà yàn shì shōu dào le shí fèn xuè yàng.
The lab received ten blood samples.

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.

A 样 (sample) taken from 血 (blood).

Characters in this word

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

木羕樣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

羕

羕yàng樣yàng

Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

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Organs & Anatomy Medicine & Treatment

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