透析机 (tòu xī jī) — dialysis machine

Definition

noun
dialysis machine
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 透析机。
    Bìng rén měi zhōu yào qù yī yuàn zuò sān cì tòu xī jī zhì liáo.
    The patient needs to go to the hospital three times a week for dialysis treatment.
  • 透析机，。
    Zhè tái tòu xī jī shì zuì xīn xíng hào de, cāo zuò gèng jiǎn dān.
    This dialysis machine is the latest model and is easier to operate.
  • 透析机。
    Hù shi zhèng zài jiǎn chá tòu xī jī de gè xiàng cān shù.
    The nurse is checking the various parameters of the dialysis machine.

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.

透析dialysis
透tòupermeate析xīseparate
偏正Modifier + head
机jīmachine

透析, involving 透 permeation and 析 separation, names a 机 machine.

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
辵辵chuòwalking
Sound part声符shēngfú
秀
秀xiù透tòu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 透 has 辵, a walking part, and 秀, which provides the sound.

Open 透 →

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

析 shows 斤 (axe) next to 木 (wood), depicting an axe splitting wood.

Open 析 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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