出入证 (chū rù zhèng) — pass (for entering and exiting a building or ar…

Definition

noun

pass (for entering and exiting a building or area)access card

Measure word · 张

出入证。
Qǐng chū shì nín de chū rù zhèng.
Please show your access pass.
出入证。
Méi yǒu chū rù zhèng bù néng jìn rù zhè dòng lóu.
You cannot enter this building without a pass.
出入证，。
Wǒ de chū rù zhèng diū le, xū yào bǔ bàn yì zhāng.
I lost my access card and need to get a replacement.

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.

出入entry and exit

联合Coordinate

证zhèngcertificate

出入 covers entering and exiting, and 证 marks the document, yielding an access pass.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

言登證

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

登

登dēng證zhèng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

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