恶性肿瘤 (è xìng zhǒng liú) — malignant tumor | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

malignant tumor

Examples

恶性肿瘤。
Yī shēng shuō tā wèi lǐ de è xìng zhǒng liú xū yào lì kè shǒu shù.
The doctor said the malignant tumor in his stomach needs immediate surgery.
恶性肿瘤。
Zǎo qī fā xiàn è xìng zhǒng liú kě yǐ dà dà tí gāo zhì yù lǜ.
Early detection of a malignant tumor can greatly improve the cure rate.
恶性肿瘤。
Huà liáo shì zhì liáo è xìng zhǒng liú de cháng yòng fāng fǎ zhī yī.
Chemotherapy is one of the common treatments for malignant tumors.

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.

恶性malignant

恶èbad性xìngnature

肿瘤tumor

肿zhǒngswelling瘤liútumor

联合Coordinate

恶性 (malignant) marks 肿瘤 (tumor) as a dangerous growth.

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 惡; 恶 is its simplified writing.

亞心惡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

亞

亞yā惡è

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

The traditional form 惡 pairs 心 (heart) as the meaning part with 亞 (yā) as the sound part; the simplified 恶 is a later shorthand.

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

忄生性

Meaning part形符xíngfú

忄Written in full as心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

生shēng性xìng

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

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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 腫; 肿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròumeat, flesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

重

重zhòng腫zhǒng

Same sound today

The traditional form 腫 combines 肉 (flesh) with 重 as a sound part; the simplified 肿 is a later shorthand.

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

疒留瘤

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèillness

Sound part声符shēngfú

留

留liú瘤liú

Same sound today

瘤 pairs 疒, an illness part, with 留, which gives its sound.

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