皮肤病 (pí fū bìng) — skin disease; dermatosis | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

skin diseasedermatosis

Examples

皮肤病。
Tā dé le yì zhǒng hǎn jiàn de pí fū bìng.
He has a rare skin disease.
皮肤病。
Zhè jiā yī yuàn zhuān mén zhì liáo gè zhǒng pí fū bìng.
This hospital specializes in treating various skin diseases.
皮肤病。
Cháng qī rì shài kě néng dǎo zhì mǒu xiē pí fū bìng.
Long-term sun exposure may cause certain skin diseases.

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.

皮肤skin

皮pískin肤fūskin

联合Coordinate

病bìngillness

皮肤 is skin, and 病 is illness; the phrase names an illness of the skin.

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.

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

肉肉ròuflesh

Sound part声符shēngfú

夫

夫fū肤fū

Same sound today

The shape of 肤 comes from 肉, flesh, plus 夫, which gives the sound.

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.

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