病历 (bìng lì) — medical record | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

medical record

Measure word · 份

Examples

？
Nǐ dài bìng lì le ma?
Did you bring your medical record?
病历。
Yī shēng ràng wǒ qù ná bìng lì.
The doctor told me to go get the medical record.
病历。
Zhè jiā yī yuàn yòng diàn zǐ bìng lì.
This hospital uses electronic medical records.

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.

病bìngillness

历lìrecord

The characters 病 and 历 combine to mean a record of illness.

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.

疒丙病

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèsickness

Sound part声符shēngfú

丙

丙bǐng病bìng

Same sound today

病 pairs 疒, a sickness mark, with 丙, which gives the sound; 丙 also means fire, giving a picture of lying feverishly in bed.

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 歷; 历 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 历 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (简历, 经历) it is 歷; in others (日历) it is 曆.

厤止歷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

厤

厤lì歷lì

Same sound today

The form 歷 pairs 止 with the sound part 厤.

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