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保释金 (bǎo shì jīn) — bail (money paid to secure release from jail)

Definition

noun
bail (money paid to secure release from jail)
Measure word · 笔

Examples

  • 保释金。
    Tā fù le bǎo shì jīn hòu jiù kě yǐ huí jiā.
    After paying bail, he could go home.
  • 保释金。
    bǎo shì jīn De jīn é shì wǔ wàn kuài.
    The bail amount is 50,000 yuan.
  • 保释金。
    Tā jiè gěi péng you bǎo shì jīn.
    She lent her friend bail money.

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.

保释bail
保bǎoguarantee释shìrelease
联合Coordinate
金jīnmoney

保释 names bail and 金 adds money, giving the money paid for bail.

Characters in this word

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

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 釋; 释 is its simplified writing.

  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 睪睪yìto release; to see

The traditional form 釋 puts 釆 (to distinguish) beside 睪, a part that gives the sound and means “to release; to see”; the simplified 释 is a later shortened shape.

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

金 was drawn with marks for two pieces of metal, along with a part that gave its sound; it first meant copper, then metals and gold.

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