痛风 (tòng fēng) — gout

Definition

noun
gout

Examples

  • 痛风。
    Tā yīn wèi yǐn shí bù guī lǜ dé le tòng fēng.
    He got gout because of an irregular diet.
  • 痛风。
    tòng fēng Fā zuò de shí hou guān jié fēi cháng téng.
    When gout flares up, the joints are very painful.
  • 痛风。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā chī yào lái kòng zhì tòng fēng.
    The doctor advised him to take medicine to control his gout.

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.

痛 means pain, 风 means wind; the term treats gout as a painful wind condition.

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
疒疒nèillness
Sound part声符shēngfú
甬
甬yǒng痛tòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 疒 part means illness, and 甬 gives the sound; together they form 痛, meaning pain or hurt.

Open 痛 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.