绝育 (jué yō) — sterilization (medical)

Definition

noun
sterilization (medical)

Examples

  • 绝育。
    Zhè zhī gǒu zuò le jué yō shǒu shù.
    This dog had sterilization surgery.
  • 绝育。
    jué yō Kě yǐ kòng zhì gǒu hé māo de shù liàng.
    Sterilization can control the number of dogs and cats.
  • 绝育。
    Yī shēng gěi nà zhī māo zuò le jué yō.
    The doctor performed sterilization on that cat.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

绝juécut off
育yùbearing children

绝 means cut off and 育 means bearing children, so the word denotes stopping reproduction.

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.

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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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