巨款 (jù kuǎn) — a huge sum of money | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

a huge sum of money

Measure word · 笔

Examples

，巨款。
Tā zhōng le cǎi piào, dé dào le yì bǐ jù kuǎn.
He won the lottery and got a huge sum of money.
巨款。
Zhè bǐ jù kuǎn zú gòu mǎi yí tào fáng zi le.
This huge sum of money is enough to buy a house.
巨款。
Gōng sī yòng zhè bǐ jù kuǎn kāi fā xīn chǎn pǐn.
The company used this huge sum of money to develop new products.

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.

款kuǎnsum of money

'巨' means huge and '款' means sum of money, together giving a huge sum of money.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

欠欠qiànlacking, desire

Sound part声符shēngfú

柰

柰nài款kuǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

Appears in

Money & Currency

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