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在册 (zài cè) — registered, on the official rolls

Definition

Means officially recorded on a roster or register — emphasizes formal, documented membership rather than just being present. Used as a modifier before nouns like 员工, 学生, 会员.

registeredon the official rolls

Examples

  • 。
    Tā shì wǒ men gōng sī zài cè de yuán gōng zhī yī.
    He is one of the registered employees of our company.
  • 。
    Zhè suǒ xué xiào yǒu sān qiān míng zài cè xué shēng.
    This school has three thousand registered students.
  • 。
    Suǒ yǒu zài cè huì yuán dōu kě yǐ cān jiā zhè cì huó dòng.
    All registered members can participate in this event.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

在zàibe on
册cèregister

“在” (be on) places someone on the “册” (official register).

Characters in this word

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

The early form of 在 used 才 for its sound; a second sound part 士 was added later, and that 士 became the 土 seen in 在.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

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