鼻腔 (bí qiāng) — nasal cavity | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

nasal cavity

Examples

，鼻腔。
Gǎn mào shí, bí qiāng huì gǎn jué dǔ sè.
During a cold, the nasal cavity feels blocked.
鼻腔。
Yī shēng yòng nèi kuī jìng jiǎn chá tā de bí qiāng.
The doctor examined his nasal cavity with an endoscope.
鼻腔。
Kōng qì jīng guò bí qiāng cái huì jìn rù fèi bù.
Air passes through the nasal cavity before entering the lungs.

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.

腔qiāngcavity

鼻 gives nose and 腔 gives cavity, so the word names the nose cavity.

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.

自畀鼻

Meaning part形符xíngfú

自自zìnose

Sound part声符shēngfú

畀

畀bì鼻bí

Same sound today

鼻 pairs 自, meaning nose, with 畀, which gives the sound.

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

肉肉ròumeat; flesh
空空kōngempty; hollow

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

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