检疫站 (jiǎn yì zhàn) — quarantine station

Definition

noun

quarantine station

Measure word · 个

Examples

检疫站。
Suǒ yǒu rù jìng lǚ kè dōu yào jīng guò jiǎn yì zhàn.
All arriving passengers must go through the quarantine station.
检疫站。
Tā zài jiǎn yì zhàn jiē shòu le tǐ wēn jiǎn chá.
He received a temperature check at the quarantine station.
检疫站。
Zhè ge jiǎn yì zhàn èr shí sì xiǎo shí dōu yǒu gōng zuò rén yuán.
This quarantine station has staff around the clock.

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.

检疫quarantine

检jiǎninspect疫yìepidemic

动宾Verb + object

站zhànstation

“检疫” denotes checking for epidemic and “站” a station: a quarantine station.

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 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

木僉檢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mù

Sound part声符shēngfú

僉

僉qiān檢jiǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

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

疒疒nèsickness

Sound part声符shēngfú

役

役yì疫yì

Same sound today

疫 uses 疒 as the sickness marker and 役 to give its sound.

Open 疫 →

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

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