妇产医院 (fù chǎn yī yuàn) — hospital for gynecology and obstetrics

Definition

noun
hospital for gynecology and obstetrics
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 妇产医院。
    Tā míng tiān yào qù fù chǎn yī yuàn zuò jiǎn chá.
    She is going to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow.
  • 妇产医院。
    Wǒ jiě jie jiù shì zài zhè jiā fù chǎn yī yuàn shēng hái zi de.
    My older sister gave birth at this hospital.
  • 妇产医院。
    Zhāng yī shēng zài zhè jiā fù chǎn yī yuàn gōng zuò le shí nián.
    Doctor Zhang has worked at this hospital for ten years.

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.

妇产gynecology and obstetrics
妇fùwoman产chǎnchildbirth
联合Side by side
医院hospital
医yīmedical院yuàninstitution
偏正Modifier + head

“妇产” joins “妇” and “产” for women’s health and childbirth, and “医院” names a medical institution, giving a hospital for those services.

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 婦; 妇 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
帚
帚zhǒu婦fù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 婦 pairs 女 (woman) with 帚 (broom), and the Shuowen reads it as a woman holding a broom. The simplified 妇 is a shorthand.

Open 妇 →

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 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

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.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
完
完wán院yuàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

院 is built from 阝, written in full as 阜, and 完, which gives the sound.

Open 院 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.