腹腔镜 (fù qiāng jìng) — laparoscope; laparoscopic surgery (instrument)

Definition

noun
laparoscopelaparoscopic surgery (instrument)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 腹腔镜。
    Yī shēng yòng fù qiāng jìng jìn xíng shǒu shù.
    The doctor performs surgery using a laparoscope.
  • 腹腔镜。
    fù qiāng jìng Shǒu shù bǐ chuán tǒng shǒu shù huī fù kuài.
    Laparoscopic surgery recovers faster than traditional surgery.
  • 腹腔镜，。
    Zhè tái fù qiāng jìng shì jìn kǒu de, fēi cháng jīng mì.
    This laparoscope is imported and very precise.

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.

腹腔abdominal cavity
腹fùabdomen腔qiāngcavity
偏正Modifier + head
镜jìngscope

腹腔 names the abdominal cavity, and 镜 is the viewing instrument.

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
肉肉ròumeat; flesh
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù腹⁰fù
Same sound today

The left part 肉, meaning flesh, shows this is a body part, and the right part 复 gives the sound.

Open 腹 →

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

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

Open 腔 →

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 鏡; 镜 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
竟
竟jìng鏡jìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 鏡 puts 金, metal, next to 竟 to give the sound. The simplified 镜 is a later shorthand.

Open 镜 →

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