绝经期 (jué jīng qī) — menopause; menopausal period

Definition

noun

menopausemenopausal period

Examples

，绝经期。
Tā jīn nián wǔ shí suì, yǐ jīng jìn rù jué jīng qī le.
She is fifty this year and has already entered menopause.
绝经期。
jué jīng qī De nǚ xìng xū yào zhù yì bǔ gài.
Women in menopause need to pay attention to calcium supplementation.
绝经期。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā dìng qī jiǎn chá jué jīng qī de xiāng guān zhǐ biāo.
The doctor advised her to regularly check indicators related to menopause.

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.

绝经menstruation stops

绝juécease经jīngmenstruation

动宾Verb + object

期qīperiod

绝经 (menstruation stops) and 期 (period) name the period when menstruation stops.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 絕; 绝 is its simplified writing.

刀幺絕

刀刀dāoknife
幺幺yāosilk

In the traditional form 絕, 刀 (knife) and 幺 (silk) show a knife cutting silk threads. The simplified 绝 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original picture.

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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 經; 经 is its simplified writing.

糹巠經

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糹Written in full as糸mìsilk; thread

Sound part声符shēngfú

巠

巠jīng經jīng

Same sound today

The traditional form 經 combines 糹 (silk; thread) with 巠, which gives the sound.

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