胃壁 (wèi bì) — stomach wall | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

stomach wall

Easily confused

胃壁。
wèi bì Bǎo hù wèi de nèi bù bú shòu shí wù mó cā.
The stomach wall protects the inside of the stomach from friction by food.
胃壁。
Wèi suān guò duō huì sǔn shāng wèi bì.
Excess stomach acid can damage the stomach wall.
胃壁，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de wèi bì, méi yǒu fā xiàn kuì yáng.
The doctor examined his stomach wall and found no ulcers.

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.

胃 names the stomach and 壁 names a wall; the word denotes the wall of the stomach.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

胃 originally drew a stomach with food inside, first as concentric circles and later with a grain-like mark in the middle.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

土辟壁

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔearth

Sound part声符shēngfú

辟

Same sound today

壁 combines 土 (earth) and 辟, which gives the sound. The whole means an earthen wall.