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脑震荡 (nǎo zhèn dàng) — cerebral concussion; concussion

Definition

noun
cerebral concussionconcussion
Measure word · 次

Examples

  • 脑震荡，。
    Tā yīn wèi chē huò dǎo zhì nǎo zhèn dàng, zhù yuàn guān chá le sān tiān.
    He suffered a concussion from a car accident and was hospitalized for observation for three days.
  • 脑震荡，。
    Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā zhǐ shì qīng wēi nǎo zhèn dàng, xiū xi jǐ tiān jiù néng huī fù.
    The doctor diagnosed her with only a mild concussion, and she will recover after a few days of rest.
  • 脑震荡。
    Yùn dòng yuán tóu bù shòu dào zhuàng jī hòu chū xiàn le nǎo zhèn dàng de zhèng zhuàng.
    After the athlete's head was hit, symptoms of a concussion appeared.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

脑nǎobrain
震荡shake
震zhènshake荡dàngsway
联合Coordinate

脑 means the brain and 震荡 means shaking, so the sense is the brain being shaken, i.e. concussion.

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 腦; 脑 is its simplified writing.

  • 匕匕bǐ
  • 巛巛chuānhair
  • 囟囟xìnhead; fontanel

In the traditional form 腦, the older part 匕 was replaced by a flesh part, while 巛 (hair) and 囟 (head; fontanel) stayed. The simplified 脑 is a later abbreviation.

Open 脑 →

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
雨雨yǔ
Sound part声符shēngfú
辰
辰chén震zhèn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

震 combines 雨 (rain) with 辰 (chén), which gives the sound; 雨 is the part associated with the character’s meaning.

Open 震 →

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 蕩; 荡 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 荡 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 蕩; in others it is 盪.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
湯
湯tāng蕩dàng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

About the traditional form 蕩: it is made of 艹 (grass, written fully as 艸) and 湯, which gives the sound. The simplified 荡 is only a later shorthand.

Open 荡 →
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