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肺结核 (fèi jié hé) — tuberculosis (TB), pulmonary tuberculosis

Definition

noun
tuberculosis (TB)pulmonary tuberculosis

Examples

  • 肺结核，。
    Tā dé le fèi jié hé, zhèng zài yī yuàn zhì liáo.
    He contracted tuberculosis and is being treated in the hospital.
  • 肺结核。
    fèi jié hé Shì yì zhǒng tōng guò kōng qì chuán bō de jí bìng.
    Tuberculosis is a disease that spreads through the air.
  • 肺结核。
    Jiē zhòng yì miáo kě yǐ yù fáng fèi jié hé.
    Getting vaccinated can prevent tuberculosis.

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.

肺fèilung
结核tuberculosis
结jiéknot/nodule核hécore
联合Coordinate

肺 (lung) and 结核 (tuberculosis) combine to name a lung form of tuberculosis.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺼Written in full as肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
巿
巿fú肺fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

肺 combines ⺼, a form of 肉 meaning flesh, with 巿 for the sound.

Open 肺 →

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 結; 结 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
吉
吉jí結jié
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 結 pairs 糸 with 吉; 吉 gives the sound, and 糸 relates to the meaning. The simplified 结 is a later shorthand.

Open 结 →

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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài核hé
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

核 pairs 木, a tree, with 亥 to give its sound; it originally named a kind of tree, and its later meanings are borrowed.

Open 核 →
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