免疫 (miǎn yì) — (verb) to immunize, to develop immunity (to a d…

Definition

Used for the body becoming protected against a disease, either by vaccine or by having had it before. Often takes 对 + disease as its object.

verb

to immunizeto develop immunity (to a disease)

免疫。
Jiē zhòng yì miáo kě yǐ miǎn yì hěn duō chuán rǎn bìng.
Vaccination can immunize against many infectious diseases.
，免疫。
Tā xiǎo shí hou shēng guò zhè zhǒng bìng, xiàn zài duì bìng dú miǎn yì le.
He had this disease as a child, so he is immune to the virus now.
免疫。
Zhè zhǒng xīn xíng yì miáo néng ràng rén tǐ miǎn yì zuì xīn xíng de liú gǎn.
This new vaccine can immunize the body against the latest strain of flu.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

免miǎnfree from

疫yìepidemic

From 免 'free from' and 疫 'epidemic', it denotes a state of being free from epidemic disease.

Characters in this word

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

免 originally drew a man wearing a ceremonial hat. It was later used for meanings such as avoid and exempt.

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

Same sound today

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

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