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收费站 (shōu fèi zhàn) — toll station

Definition

noun
toll station
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 收费站。
    Wǒ men kāi chē jīng guò shōu fèi zhàn de shí hou yào fù qián.
    When we drive through the toll station, we have to pay.
  • 收费站，。
    Qián miàn yǒu yí gè shōu fèi zhàn, qǐng zhǔn bèi hǎo líng qián.
    There is a toll station ahead, please have small change ready.
  • 收费站。
    Zhè ge shōu fèi zhàn zhī shōu xiàn jīn.
    This toll station only accepts cash.

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.

收费collect fees
收shōucollect费fèifee
动宾Verb + object
站zhànstation

收 means collect, 费 means fee, and 站 means station, so a place collects fees.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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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 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

Open 站 →
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