复健 (fù jiàn) — rehabilitation | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rehabilitation

Examples

复健。
Tā shòu shāng hòu xū yào zuò fù jiàn.
He needs rehabilitation after injury.
复健，。
Jīng guò sān gè yuè de fù jiàn, tā de tuǐ huī fù le.
After three months of rehabilitation, her leg recovered.
复健。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā qù zhuān yè de fù jiàn zhōng xīn.
The doctor recommended he go to a professional rehabilitation center.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

复fùrestore

复 (restore) and 健 (health) together describe recovering health through rehabilitation.

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

彳复復

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彳彳chìwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

复

复fù復fù

Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻建健

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

建

建jiàn健jiàn

Same sound today

The left part 亻 depicts a person, and the right part 建 gives the sound.

Appears in

Medicine & Treatment

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