治疗仪 (zhì liáo yí) — therapeutic device; treatment instrument

Definition

noun
therapeutic devicetreatment instrument
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 治疗仪。
    Yī shēng yòng zhì liáo yí gěi bìng rén zuò kāng fù zhì liáo.
    The doctor uses a therapeutic device to give the patient rehabilitation treatment.
  • 治疗仪。
    Zhè zhǒng zhì liáo yí duì yāo tòng hěn yǒu bāng zhù.
    This kind of therapeutic device is very helpful for back pain.
  • 治疗仪。
    Wǒ mǎi le yì tái jiā yòng zhì liáo yí.
    I bought a home-use therapeutic device.

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.

治疗treatment
治zhìtreat疗liáoheal
联合Side by side
仪yíinstrument

治 and 疗 both mean heal, and 仪 means instrument, giving a device used in treatment.

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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
台
台tái治zhì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

治 has 水 (water) and 台; 台 gives the sound, and the character named a river.

Open 治 →

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 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèdisease
Sound part声符shēngfú
尞
尞liáo療liáo
Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →

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 儀; 仪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì儀yí
Same sound today

In the traditional form 儀, the left part 亻 shows a person, and the right part 義 supplies the sound. This description is about 儀, not the simplified 仪.

Open 仪 →

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