支票 (zhī piào) — check (bank), cheque | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

check (bank)cheque

Measure word · 本

支票。
Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng zhī piào cún dào yín háng.
Please deposit this check at the bank.
支票。
Tā kāi le yì zhāng zhī piào gěi wǒ.
He wrote me a check.
支票，。
Wǒ de zhī piào běn yòng wán le, yào qù mǎi yì běn xīn de.
My checkbook is used up; I need to go buy a new one.

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.

支 refers to payment and 票 to a note or ticket, so together they name a bank check.

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

又十支

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

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