诊断书 (zhěn duàn shū) — medical certificate (official document from a doctor or hospital stating a diagnosis)

Definition

noun
medical certificate (official document from a doctor or hospital stating a diagnosis)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 诊断书。
    Yī shēng gěi wǒ kāi le yì zhāng zhěn duàn shū.
    The doctor issued a medical certificate for me.
  • 诊断书。
    Qǐng jià xū yào jiāo zhěn duàn shū.
    You need to submit a medical certificate to take leave.
  • 诊断书。
    Zhè zhāng zhěn duàn shū shì sān gè yuè qián kāi de.
    This medical certificate was issued three months ago.

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.

诊断diagnose
诊zhěndiagnose断duànjudge
联合Side by side
书shūdocument

诊断 means to examine and judge an illness, and 书 is a written document, so together they name an official medical paper.

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 診; 诊 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
㐱
㐱㐱診zhěn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 診, the left part 言 relates to speech, and the right part 㐱 gives the sound; the simplified 诊 is a later shorthand.

Open 诊 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 斷; 断 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 斷 uses 𢇍 (to cut) and 斤 (axe) together.

Open 断 →

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 書; 书 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
聿聿yùwriting brush
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě書shū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 書 uses 聿, a writing brush, and 者 for its sound; the simplified 书 is a later shorthand.

Open 书 →

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