BING-4
病 = disease
The character part 疒, which itself is
without independent meaning as a full word, stands for diseases and words
associated with diseases.
先天病 = xian(1)tian(1) bing(4) = congenital
disease
后天病 = hou(4)tian(1) bing(4) = acquired
disease (as opposed to a congenital one)
性病 = xing(4)bing(4) = venereal disease
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并 = side by side, and
In spoken Chinese, the morpheme expressed
in this character is never used for the meaning 'and', and for the meaning
'side by side', the two-character version is preferred both in spoken and
written Chinese.
并排 = bing(4)pai(2) = side by side, alongside
两个人并排坐. = Liang(3) ge(4)
ren(2) bing(4)pai(2) zuo(4). = Two people sit side by side.
排 = pai(2) = to line up, to align
The two-character version for 'to line
up, to queue' is:
排队 = pai(2)dui(4) = to queue, to line up
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