队医 (duì yī) — team doctor (for sports teams)

Definition

noun

team doctor (for sports teams)

Measure word · 个

Easily confused

队医。
Qiú duì de duì yī měi tiān gěi qiú yuán jiǎn chá shēn tǐ.
The team doctor checks the players' bodies every day.
，队医。
Shòu shāng hòu, duì yī mǎ shàng gěi tā zuò le jiǎn chá.
After getting injured, the team doctor immediately examined him.
队医。
Zhè wèi duì yī yǒu fēng fù de yùn dòng yī xué jīng yàn.
This team doctor has rich experience in sports medicine.

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.

队 gives team and 医 gives doctor, giving a team doctor.

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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

㒸

㒸㒸隊duì

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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 醫; 医 is its simplified writing.

殹酉醫

Meaning part形符xíngfú

酉酉yǒuliquor

Sound part声符shēngfú

殹

殹yì醫yī

Same sound today

The traditional form 醫 pairs 酉 (liquor) with 殹 as a sound part; the simplified 医 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical ones.