制剂 (zhì jì) — (pharmaceutical) preparation; formulated medici…

Definition

noun

(pharmaceutical) preparationformulated medicine

Measure word · 种

制剂。
Zhè zhǒng zhì jì xū yào zài bīng xiāng lǐ bǎo cún.
This preparation needs to be stored in the refrigerator.
制剂。
Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yì zhǒng xīn de zhì jì.
The doctor prescribed a new preparation for me.
制剂。
Zhè xiē zhì jì de pèi fāng shì bǎo mì de.
The formulas of these preparations are confidential.

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.

制zhìformulate

剂jìpreparation

制 points to formulating and 剂 to a prepared medicine; 制剂 is a formulated preparation.

Characters in this word

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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 劑; 剂 is its simplified writing.

齊刂劑

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刂Written in full as刀dāo

Sound part声符shēngfú

齊

齊qí劑jì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 劑, 齊 gives the sound and 刂 (刀, a knife) shows the meaning. The simplified 剂 is a later shorthand.

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