药理学 (yào lǐ xué) — pharmacology

Definition

noun
pharmacology

Examples

  • 药理学。
    Tā zhèng zài dà xué xué xí yào lǐ xué.
    He is studying pharmacology at university.
  • 药理学。
    yào lǐ xué Shì yán jiū yào wù yǔ shēng wù tǐ xiāng hù zuò yòng de kē xué.
    Pharmacology is the science that studies the interaction between drugs and living organisms.
  • 药理学。
    Zhè wèi jiào shòu de yào lǐ xué yán jiū zài yī xué jiè hěn yǒu yǐng xiǎng lì.
    This professor's pharmacology research is very influential in the medical field.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

药理drug principles
药yàomedicine/drug理lǐprinciple
偏正Modifier + head
学xuéstudy/discipline

药理 names drug principles, and 学 adds the field-of-study sense.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

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 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

Open 学 →

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