对号 (duì hào) — to check the number (e.g., on a ticket, list, or seat); to match, to tally (of two things being consistent)

Definition

对号 (duì hào) means to match or verify by number — checking a seat, ticket, or list against a reference. The verb-objects construction 对不上号 means the two don't match.

verb
to check the number (e.g., on a ticket, list, or seat)to matchto tally (of two things being consistent)

Examples

  • ，。
    Qǐng duì yí xià hào, kàn kàn zuò wèi duì bú duì.
    Please check the number and see if the seat is correct.
  • ，。
    Zhè liǎng gè shù zì duì bú shàng hào, kěn dìng yǒu yí gè cuò le.
    These two numbers don't match; one of them must be wrong.
  • 对号，。
    Qǐng duì hào rù zuò, diàn yǐng mǎ shàng kāi shǐ.
    Please take your seat according to your number; the movie is about to start.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

对duìcheck
号hàonumber

对 (check) and 号 (number) combine to mean checking numbers.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

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

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

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