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药检 (yào jiǎn) — drug test

Definition

noun
drug test

Examples

  • 药检。
    Suǒ yǒu yùn dòng yuán dōu bì xū tōng guò yào jiǎn cái néng zài bǐ sài zhōng shàng chǎng.
    All athletes must pass a drug test before they can appear in competition.
  • 药检。
    Gōng sī duì xīn yuán gōng yāo qiú jìn xíng yào jiǎn.
    The company requires new employees to undergo a drug test.
  • 药检。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de yào jiǎn jié guǒ dōu hěn zhèng cháng.
    The drug test results for this competition were all normal.

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.

药yàodrug
检jiǎncheck

药 refers to drugs and 检 to checking, together meaning a drug test.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
樂
樂lè藥yào
Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

Open 药 →

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 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →
Appears in
Medicine & Treatment

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