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阴户 (yīn hù) — vulva; vaginal orifice

Definition

A clinical/anatomical term for the vulva or vaginal opening. At HSK 7 it functions as a specialized medical term in formal or scientific contexts.

noun
vulvavaginal orifice

Examples

  • 阴户，。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le yīn hù, méi yǒu fā xiàn yì cháng.
    The doctor examined the vulva and found no abnormalities.
  • 阴户。
    yīn hù Shì nǚ xìng wài shēng zhí qì de yí bù fen.
    The vulva is part of the female external genitalia.
  • 阴户。
    Bǎo chí yīn hù qīng jié duì jiàn kāng hěn zhòng yào.
    Keeping the vulva clean is important for health.

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.

阴yīnprivate
户hùdoor

阴 means private and 户 means door, so together they mean a private opening.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陰; 阴 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
侌
侌yīn陰yīn
Same sound today

The traditional form 陰 combines 阜, the meaning part, with 侌, the sound part. The simplified 阴 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical pieces.

Open 阴 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

Open 户 →
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