皮炎 (pí yán) — dermatitis | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

dermatitis

皮炎。
Zhè wèi huàn zhě huàn yǒu yán zhòng de pí yán.
This patient suffers from severe dermatitis.
皮炎。
Yī shēng jiàn yì shǐ yòng yào gāo lái zhì liáo pí yán.
The doctor recommends using an ointment to treat the dermatitis.
皮炎。
Guò mǐn shì zuì cháng jiàn de pí yán yòu yīn zhī yī.
Allergies are one of the most common triggers of dermatitis.

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.

炎yáninflammation

皮 gives 'skin' and 炎 gives 'inflammation', naming a skin inflammation.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

火火炎

炎 places two 火 (fire) shapes vertically, one above the other, to show fire doubled.