吊瓶 (diào píng) — IV bag, infusion bottle (for intravenous drip)

Definition

Refers specifically to the IV drip bag/bottle itself, not the whole procedure. The common verb with it is 打 (打吊瓶 'to get an IV drip').

noun
IV baginfusion bottle (for intravenous drip)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，吊瓶。
    Tā gǎn mào le, zhèng zài yī yuàn dǎ diào píng.
    He has a cold and is getting an IV drip at the hospital.
  • 吊瓶。
    Hù shi bǎ diào píng guà zài jià zi shàng.
    The nurse hung the IV bag on the pole.
  • 吊瓶。
    Yī shēng shuō yào dǎ sān tiān diào píng.
    The doctor said he needs three days of IV drips.

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.

吊diàohang
瓶píngbottle

吊 means hang and 瓶 means bottle, so a bottle hung for an infusion.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
瓦瓦wǎearthenware
Sound part声符shēngfú
并
并bìng瓶píng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

瓶 uses 瓦 to show an earthenware vessel and 并 for the sound. The original vessel had a long slender neck and narrow mouth.

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