尿样 (suī yàng) — urine sample | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

urine sample

Measure word · 份

Examples

尿样。
Yī shēng qǐng wǒ liú xià yí gè suī yàng.
The doctor asked me to leave a urine sample.
尿样。
suī yàng Jiǎn chá jié guǒ míng tiān chū lái.
The urine sample test results will come out tomorrow.
尿样。
Qǐng bǎ suī yàng fàng zài zhè lǐ.
Please put the urine sample here.

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.

尿 means 'urine' and 样 means 'sample', giving a urine sample.

Characters in this word

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

尾尾wěitail
水水shuǐwater

Originally it drew a person urinating. The old form used 尾 (tail) and 水 (water); 尾 later simplified to 尸 (body), so 尿 now shows 尸 and 水.

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 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

木羕樣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùwood

Sound part声符shēngfú

羕

羕yàng樣yàng

Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

Appears in

Medicine & Treatment

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