黄热病 (huáng rè bìng) — yellow fever

Definition

noun
yellow fever

Examples

  • 黄热病。
    huáng rè bìng Shì yì zhǒng yóu wén zi chuán bō de jí xìng chuán rǎn bìng.
    Yellow fever is an acute infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
  • 黄热病。
    Qù rè dài dì qū lǚ xíng qián zuì hǎo jiē zhòng huáng rè bìng yì miáo.
    It's best to get the yellow fever vaccine before traveling to tropical regions.
  • 黄热病。
    Lì shǐ shàng huáng rè bìng céng zào chéng dà guī mó de sǐ wáng.
    In history, yellow fever once caused large-scale deaths.

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.

黄热yellow fever
黄huángyellow热rèfever
偏正Modifier + head
病bìngdisease

黄热 names the yellow fever, and 病 marks it as an illness.

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 黃; 黄 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
炗
炗guāng黃huáng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 黃 pairs 田 (field) with 炗 (light), which gives the sound; the simplified 黄 is a shorthand and its parts are not historical components.

Open 黄 →

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.

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.

Open 热 →

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
丙
丙bǐng病bìng
Same sound today

病 pairs 疒, a sickness mark, with 丙, which gives the sound; 丙 also means fire, giving a picture of lying feverishly in bed.

Open 病 →

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