疗程 (liáo chéng) — course of treatment

Definition

noun

course of treatment

Measure word · 个

Examples

疗程。
Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yí gè liáo chéng.
The doctor prescribed a course of treatment for me.
疗程。
Zhè ge liáo chéng xū yào sān gè yuè cái néng wán chéng.
This course of treatment takes three months to complete.
疗程，。
liáo chéng Jié shù hòu, tā de bìng qíng míng xiǎn hǎo zhuǎn.
After the course of treatment ended, his condition improved noticeably.

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.

疗liáotreat

程chéngcourse

疗 refers to treatment, 程 to a course or stage, together meaning a course of 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

疒尞療

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.

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

呈chéng程chéng

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

Open 程 →

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