不育症 (bù yù zhèng) — infertility, sterility (medical condition) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

infertilitysterility (medical condition)

Examples

不育症。
Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā huàn yǒu bù yù zhèng.
The doctor diagnosed him with infertility.
不育症，。
bù yù zhèng De yuán yīn yǒu hěn duō, xū yào zuò xiáng xì jiǎn chá.
There are many causes of infertility; you need a detailed examination.
，不育症。
Jīng guò zhì liáo, tā de bù yù zhèng yǐ jīng hǎo zhuǎn le.
After treatment, her infertility has improved.

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.

不育not bear children

不bùnot育yùbear children

偏正Modifier + head

症zhèngdisease

不育 means not bear children and 症 means disease, naming a condition of sterility.

Characters in this word

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

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

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.

疒正症

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèdisease

Sound part声符shēngfú

正

正zhèng症zhèng

Same sound today

The left part 疒 shows it is about disease. The right part 正 is used for the sound.

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