估价单 (gū jià dān) — cost estimate (document), quotation, price estimate

Definition

A written estimate of cost or price that a seller gives to a buyer before a deal, like a quotation slip. Use it for the document itself, not the act of estimating.

noun
cost estimate (document)quotationprice estimate
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 估价单，。
    Qǐng xiān gěi wǒ yí fèn gū jià dān, wǒ zài jué dìng yào bú yào xiū.
    Please give me a cost estimate first, then I'll decide whether to repair it.
  • 估价单。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de gū jià dān xiě dé hěn qīng chǔ.
    This company's quotation is written very clearly.
  • 估价单，。
    Shōu dào gū jià dān yǐ hòu, qǐng jǐn kuài huí fù wǒ men.
    After receiving the cost estimate, please reply to us as soon as possible.

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.

估价estimate price
估gūestimate价jiàprice
动宾Verb + object
单dānlist

估价单 uses 估价 (estimate price) and 单 (list) for a document giving prices.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
古
古gǔ估gū
Same sound today

The left part 亻 is a person; the right part 古 gives 估 its sound.

Open 估 →

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

Open 价 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

Open 单 →

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