彩票 (cǎi piào) — lottery ticket | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

lottery ticket

Measure word · 张

Examples

彩票，。
Tā zuì jìn mǎi le yì xiē cǎi piào, xī wàng néng zhōng dà jiǎng.
He recently bought some lottery tickets, hoping to win the jackpot.
彩票。
Zhè zhāng cǎi piào shì wǒ zài lù biān mǎi de.
This lottery ticket was bought by the roadside.
彩票，。
Hěn duō rén huā hěn duō qián mǎi cǎi piào, dàn zhòng jiǎng de gài lǜ hěn dī.
Many people spend a lot of money buying lottery tickets, but the probability of winning is very low.

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.

彩cǎilottery

“彩” refers to lottery or prize, “票” means ticket; together they mean a lottery ticket.

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.

采彡彩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彡彡shān

Sound part声符shēngfú

采

采cǎi彩cǎi

Same sound today

彩 puts 采, which gives the sound, next to 彡, the three-stroke mark that carries the meaning.

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.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 6 HSK 2.0 Level 6 Gambling & Chance

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