正常值 (zhèng cháng zhí) — normal value; norm | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Technical term for a 'normal value' — the standard or expected reading for a measurement (blood pressure, test results, etc.). Used mainly in medical, scientific, and statistical contexts.

noun

normal valuenorm

Examples

正常值？
Nǐ de xuè yā zhèng cháng zhí shì duō shǎo?
What is your normal blood pressure value?
正常值。
Zhè ge shù jù dī yú zhèng cháng zhí.
This data is below the norm.
正常值。
Yī shēng shuō wǒ de yí qiè zhèng cháng zhí dōu zhèng cháng.
The doctor said all my normal values are normal.

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.

正常normal

正zhèngproper常chángusual

联合Side by side

正常 (normal) and 值 (value) combine to mean a normal value.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng正zhèng

Same sound today

正 pairs 止 with 丁; 止 marks the sense and 丁 gives the sound.

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

巾巾jīncloth

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

尚shàng常cháng

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

常 pairs 巾, a cloth, with 尚 as a sound part; the form originally referred to a lower garment.

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

亻直值

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

直

直zhí值zhí

Same sound today

值 is made from 亻 (written in full as 人, a person) and 直, with 直 giving the sound.

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