食管 (shí guǎn) — esophagus | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

esophagus

Examples

食管，。
Yī shēng jiǎn chá le tā de shí guǎn, fā xiàn yǒu xiē wèn tí.
The doctor examined his esophagus and found some issues.
食管。
Shí wù tōng guò shí guǎn jìn rù wèi lǐ.
Food passes through the esophagus into the stomach.
食管。
Cháng qī chī tài tàng de dōng xī kě néng sǔn shāng shí guǎn.
Consuming overly hot things for a long time may damage the esophagus.

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.

食 means 'food' and 管 means 'tube', so it names the tube for food.

Characters in this word

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

亼亼jímouth
皀皀jía bowl of rice on a stand

The form behind 食 shows 亼, a mouth, together with 皀, a bowl of rice on a stand. In modern 食, the bowl part has changed shape.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

竹官管

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

官

官guān管guǎn

Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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