阿托品 (ā tuō pǐn) — atropine | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

atropine

Examples

阿托品。
Yī shēng gěi bìng rén zhù shè le ā tuō pǐn.
The doctor injected the patient with atropine.
阿托品。
ā tuō pǐn Shì yì zhǒng cóng zhí wù zhōng tí qǔ de yào wù.
Atropine is a drug extracted from plants.
阿托品。
Zhè zhǒng yào hán yǒu ā tuō pǐn chéng fèn.
This medicine contains atropine as an ingredient.

Origin

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

阜阜fù

Sound part声符shēngfú

可

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

The part 阜 points to a mound, and 可 gives the pronunciation; 阿 originally meant a big mound.

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

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

乇

乇tuō托tuō

Same sound today

托 is built from 手 (hand) and 乇, which gives the sound tuō.

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

品 repeats the same simple shape three times, representing various objects.

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Medicine & Treatment

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