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保险费 (bǎo xiǎn fèi) — insurance premium

Definition

noun
insurance premium
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 保险费。
    Wǒ měi gè yuè dōu yào jiāo bǎo xiǎn fèi.
    I have to pay the insurance premium every month.
  • 保险费，。
    Zhè ge bǎo xiǎn fèi tài gāo le, wǒ xiǎng huàn yì jiā gōng sī.
    This insurance premium is too high; I want to switch to another company.
  • ，保险费。
    Mǎi chē de shí hou, bié wàng le fù bǎo xiǎn fèi.
    When buying a car, don't forget to pay the insurance premium.

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.

保险insurance
保bǎoprotect险xiǎnrisk
动宾Verb + object
费fèifee

保 (protect) and 险 (risk) make insurance, and 费 is money paid, so it means the fee for insurance.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 險; 险 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān險
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 險 pairs 阝, written in full as 阜, with 僉, which gives the sound; the simplified 险 is a shorthand.

Open 险 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 费 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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