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防疫 (fáng yì) — to prevent epidemics

Definition

防疫 is narrowly about preventing the spread of infectious diseases (epidemics/pandemics). Among siblings, 防止 and 防范 are the most general ('prevent anything'); 防治 adds 'and treat', while 预防 covers all kinds of precautions, not just epidemics.

verb
to prevent epidemics

Examples

  • 防疫。
    Dà jiā bì xū zuò hǎo fáng yì gōng zuò.
    Everyone must do a good job of epidemic prevention.
  • 防疫。
    Zhèng fǔ cǎi qǔ le yán gé de fáng yì cuò shī.
    The government has adopted strict epidemic prevention measures.
  • 防疫。
    fáng yì Shì bǎo hù rén mín jiàn kāng de zhòng yào shǒu duàn.
    Epidemic prevention is an important means of protecting people's health.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

防fángprevent
疫yìepidemic

防 means prevent and 疫 is an epidemic, so together they prevent epidemics.

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
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng防fáng
Same sound today

防 pairs 阝 (written fully as 阜) with 方, which gives the sound.

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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
疒疒nèsickness
Sound part声符shēngfú
役
役yì疫yì
Same sound today

疫 uses 疒 as the sickness marker and 役 to give its sound.

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