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大额 (dà é) — large-amount (of money); high-value (used attributively before nouns in financial contexts)

Definition

'Large-amount / high-value' — an attributive adjective for money or financial transactions, typically used before nouns like 交易, 存款, 捐款. Distinguish from 大笔, which modifies amounts more broadly.

adjective
large-amount (of money)high-value (used attributively before nouns in financial contexts)

Examples

  • 大额。
    Zhè bǐ dà é jiāo yì xū yào dǒng shì huì shěn pī.
    This large transaction requires board approval.
  • 大额。
    Tā shōu dào le yì bǐ dà é juān kuǎn.
    He received a large donation.
  • 大额。
    dà é Xiàn jīn cún qǔ xū yào tí qián yù yuē.
    Large cash deposits and withdrawals require advance reservation.

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.

大dàbig
额éamount

大 means big and 额 means amount, so it describes a large amount.

Characters in this word

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè額é
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

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Appears in
Money & CurrencyQuantity & Amount

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