破伤风 (pò shāng fēng) — tetanus | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tetanus

Examples

，破伤风。
Tā yīn wèi shāng kǒu méi yǒu chǔ lǐ hǎo, dé le pò shāng fēng.
He got tetanus because the wound wasn't treated properly.
破伤风，。
pò shāng fēng Shì yì zhǒng hěn wēi xiǎn de jí bìng, xū yào dǎ yì miáo yù fáng.
Tetanus is a very dangerous disease that requires vaccination to prevent.
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Yī shēng jiàn yì tā qù yī yuàn dǎ pò shāng fēng yì miáo.
The doctor advised him to go to the hospital for a tetanus vaccine.

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.

破伤wound

破pòbroken伤shāngwound

偏正Modifier + head

风fēngdisease

"破" broken and "伤" wound name the injury, while "风" names the disease.

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.

石皮破

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

皮

皮pí破pò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

破 has 石 (stone) as its meaning part and 皮 as its sound part.

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 傷; 伤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𥏻

𥏻𥏻傷shāng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傷 shows 人, a person, and uses 𥏻 to give the sound; the simplified 伤 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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