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卡片 (kǎ piàn) — card (e.g. membership card, bank card, greeting card)

Definition

A general word for a small flat card (membership, greeting, bank). Compare with 名片 (business card) and the compound types like 信用卡 / 银行卡.

noun
card (e.g. membership card, bank card, greeting card)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 卡片。
    Qǐng chū shì nín de kǎ piàn.
    Please show your card.
  • 卡片。
    Zhè zhāng kǎ piàn kě yǐ dǎ zhé.
    This card gives a discount.
  • 。
    Tā sòng le wǒ yì zhāng shēng rì kǎ piàn.
    He gave me a birthday card.

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.

卡kǎcard
片piànsheet

A 片 'sheet' of 卡 'card' names a small, flat card such as a membership card.

Characters in this word

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

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.

Open 卡 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 片 →
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