风湿热 (fēng shī rè) — rheumatic fever | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rheumatic fever

Examples

风湿热，。
Tā xiǎo shí hou dé guò fēng shī rè, xiàn zài xīn zàng bú tài hǎo.
He had rheumatic fever as a child, and now his heart is not very good.
风湿热。
fēng shī rè Shì yì zhǒng yóu liàn qiú jūn gǎn rǎn yǐn qǐ de jí bìng.
Rheumatic fever is a disease caused by streptococcal infection.
风湿热。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā zhù yuàn zhì liáo fēng shī rè.
The doctor recommended she be hospitalized to treat rheumatic fever.

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.

风湿wind-damp condition

风fēngwind湿shīdamp

联合Side by side

The 风湿 gives the wind-damp condition, and 热 gives the fever.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

埶灬熱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

灬Written in full as火huǒfire

Sound part声符shēngfú

埶

埶yì熱rè

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

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

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