军医 (jūn yī) — military doctor, medical officer

Definition

noun

military doctormedical officer

Measure word · 个

Examples

军医。
Tā zài bù duì lǐ dāng jūn yī yǐ jīng shí nián le.
He has been a military doctor in the army for ten years.
军医。
Zhè cì rèn wu xū yào yì míng yǒu jīng yàn de jūn yī gēn suí.
This mission needs an experienced military doctor to accompany.
军医。
jūn yī Men zài zhàn chǎng shàng zhěng jiù le xǔ duō shì bīng de shēng mìng.
The military doctors saved many soldiers' lives on the battlefield.

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.

军jūnmilitary

医yīdoctor

军 (military) specifies the kind of 医 (doctor), giving a military doctor.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

車車jūcart; chariot
勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

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 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

殹酉醫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒuliquor

Sound part声符shēngfú

殹

殹yì醫yī

Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 医 →