医疗队 (yī liáo duì) — medical team | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

medical team

Measure word · 支

Examples

医疗队。
Zhè ge yī liáo duì de yī shēng dōu hěn zhuān yè.
The doctors on this medical team are all very professional.
医疗队。
Tā men pài le yì zhī yī liáo duì qù zāi qū.
They sent a medical team to the disaster area.
医疗队。
yī liáo duì Zhèng zài wèi cūn mín jìn xíng miǎn fèi tǐ jiǎn.
The medical team is conducting free health check-ups for the villagers.

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.

医疗medical treatment

医yītreat疗liáocure

联合Coordinate

队duìteam

医 and 疗 both concern treatment, and with 队 they mean a team for treatment.

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 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 →

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 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

疒尞療

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèdisease

Sound part声符shēngfú

尞

尞liáo療liáo

Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →

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