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阿斯匹林 (ā sī pǐ lín) — aspirin (variant spelling of 阿司匹林)

Definition

A less common alternate transliteration of aspirin, used in older or Taiwanese writing. The standard mainland form is 阿司匹林 (ā sī pǐ lín); both refer to the same medicine.

noun
aspirin (variant spelling of 阿司匹林)
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Examples

  • 阿斯匹林。
    Tóu tòng de shí hou chī yí piàn ā sī pǐ lín jiù hǎo le.
    When you have a headache, taking one aspirin will make it better.
  • 阿斯匹林。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì měi tiān fú yòng dī jì liàng de ā sī pǐ lín yù fáng xīn zàng bìng.
    The doctor recommends taking a low dose of aspirin daily to prevent heart disease.
  • 阿斯匹林，。
    Zhè zhǒng ā sī pǐ lín shì cháng róng piàn, duì wèi cì jī xiǎo.
    This type of aspirin is enteric-coated and gentle on the stomach.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

阿ā
斯sī
匹pǐ
林lín

The characters 阿斯匹林 only spell the loan sound; they carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

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
可kě阿ā
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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 斯 →

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
石石shírock
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ匹
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 匹 is often explained as 石 (rock) with 乙 giving the sound, but its original picture is uncertain.

Open 匹 →

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

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

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