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收银 (shōu yín) — to receive payment; to ring up a sale

Definition

收银 means 'to ring up a sale / take payment' — the verb used at a cash register for the act of processing payment, not just receiving money in general.

to receive paymentto ring up a sale

Examples

  • 收银。
    Tā zài chāo shì de shōu yín tái shōu yín.
    He is ringing up sales at the supermarket checkout.
  • ，。
    Gāng cái wǒ shōu le yí cì yín, yí gòng sān bǎi kuài.
    I rang up once just now, three hundred yuan in total.
  • 收银？
    Nǐ xué huì shōu yín le ma?
    Have you learned how to receive payment?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

收shōureceive
银yínmoney

收 'receive' and 银 'money' together describe taking payment.

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.'

Open 收 →

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 銀; 银 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
艮
艮gèn銀yín
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 銀 has 金, meaning metal, and 艮, used for the sound; the simplified 银 is a shorthand.

Open 银 →
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