肺 fèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 巿 to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
肺炎
fèiyán
pneumonia
Characters in this word
炎 yán
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老人感染肺炎后，家人立刻安排他住院观察。 Lǎorén gǎnrǎn fèiyán hòu, jiārén lìkè ānpái tā zhùyuàn guānchá. After the elderly man caught pneumonia, his family immediately arranged for him to be observed in hospital.
- 孩子咳嗽了好几天，检查后发现是肺炎。 Háizi késou le hǎo jǐ tiān, jiǎnchá hòu fāxiàn shì fèiyán. The child had been coughing for several days, and the examination showed it was pneumonia.
- 这种肺炎在冬天比较常见，要注意保暖。 Zhè zhǒng fèiyán zài dōngtiān bǐjiào chángjiàn, yào zhùyì bǎonuǎn. This kind of pneumonia is more common in winter, so you should keep warm.