血糖 (xuè táng) — blood sugar

Definition

noun
blood sugar

Examples

  • 血糖。
    Wǒ de xuè táng hěn gāo.
    My blood sugar is high.
  • 血糖。
    Yī shēng jiǎn chá le wǒ de xuè táng.
    The doctor checked my blood sugar.
  • 血糖。
    Kòng zhì xuè táng hěn zhòng yào.
    Controlling blood sugar is very important.

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.

血xuèblood
糖tángsugar

血 and 糖 form the sugar found in blood.

Characters in this word

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

  • 一一yīdrop of blood
  • 皿皿mǐncontainer

The shape shows 一, a drop of blood, inside 皿, a container, for blood held in a sacrificial vessel.

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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
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
唐
唐táng糖
Same sound today

糖 is made from 米 (rice) and 唐, which gives the sound táng.

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