zhì
膣
vagina (archaic/medical term)
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Meanings
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vagina (archaic or medical term)
archaicAn archaic anatomical term rarely used in modern standard Chinese, where 阴道 (yīndào) is the standard term. Found primarily in historical medical texts or older dictionaries. The character is composed of the flesh radical (肉/⺼) with 窒 (zhì, to block) as the phonetic component.
Gǔ古
dài代
yī医
shū书
zhōng中
cháng常
yǐ以
'
zhì膣
'
zhǐ指
dài代
nǚ女
xìng性
yīn阴
dào道
。
Ancient medical texts often used 'zhì' to refer to the female vagina.
Zhì膣
bì壁
yóu由
nián黏
mó膜
zǔ组
zhī织
gòu构
chéng成
。
The vaginal wall is composed of mucous membrane tissue.
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Jiù旧
shí时
fù妇
kē科
wén文
xiàn献
jì记
zǎi载
zhì膣
yán炎
de的
zhì治
liáo疗
fāng方
fǎ法
。
Historical gynecological literature recorded treatments for vaginitis.