查验 (chá yàn) — to inspect, to examine and verify (often for approval or compliance)

Definition

查验 means to officially inspect and verify something (goods, documents, identity) for compliance or approval — more formal and procedural than everyday 检查, which is just 'to check'.

verb
to inspectto examine and verify (often for approval or compliance)

Examples

  • 查验。
    Hǎi guān rén yuán zhèng zài chá yàn zhè pī jìn kǒu huò wù.
    Customs officers are inspecting this batch of imported goods.
  • 查验。
    Suǒ yǒu chǎn pǐn bì xū jīng guò yán gé chá yàn cái néng chū chǎng.
    All products must undergo strict inspection before leaving the factory.
  • 查验，。
    Tā zǐ xì chá yàn le suǒ yǒu wén jiàn, què bǎo xìn xī zhèng què wú wù.
    He carefully checked all documents to ensure the information was correct.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查cháexamine
验yànverify

查 and 验 are parallel actions: checking and verifying, so 查验 means to inspect and confirm.

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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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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 驗; 验 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎ
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān驗yàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 驗 pairs 馬 (horse) with 僉 for sound; the simplified 验 is a later abbreviation.

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