胃炎 (wèi yán) — gastritis

Definition

noun
gastritis

Examples

  • 胃炎。
    Tā yīn wèi wèi yán zhù le sān tiān yī yuàn.
    He was hospitalized for three days because of gastritis.
  • 胃炎。
    Yī shēng shuō tā dé de shì màn xìng wèi yán.
    The doctor said he has chronic gastritis.
  • 胃炎，。
    Dé le wèi yán yǐ hòu, tā zài yě bù gǎn chī là le.
    After getting gastritis, he no longer dares to eat spicy food.

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.

胃wèistomach
炎yáninflammation

胃 (stomach) identifies the 炎 (inflammation) as located there.

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.

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

炎 places two 火 (fire) shapes vertically, one above the other, to show fire doubled.

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