售票机 (shòu piào jī) — ticket vending machine, ticket machine

Definition

noun
ticket vending machineticket machine
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 售票机。
    Wǒ zài dì tiě zhàn yòng shòu piào jī mǎi le yì zhāng piào.
    I bought a ticket using the ticket vending machine at the subway station.
  • 售票机，。
    Zhè tái shòu piào jī zhī shōu xiàn jīn, bù shōu xìn yòng kǎ.
    This ticket vending machine only accepts cash, not credit cards.
  • 售票机，。
    Huǒ chē zhàn mén kǒu yǒu xīn de shòu piào jī, cāo zuò hěn jiǎn dān.
    There's a new ticket vending machine at the train station entrance; it's very simple to operate.

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.

售票sell tickets
售shòusell票piàoticket
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

A 机 for 售 票, a ticket vending machine.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

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