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样板 (yàng bǎn) — sample, prototype, proof plate (physical reference); model, template, exemplary standard (to be emulated)

Definition

A 'sample board / prototype' used both as a physical reference (印刷样板) and as a standard to copy (his method became the company's model). Sits between a concrete exemplar and an ideal to emulate.

noun
sampleprototypeproof plate (physical reference)modeltemplateexemplary standard (to be emulated)
Measure word · 块

Examples

  • 样板。
    Zhè ge yìn shuā chǎng yòng yàng bǎn lái jiào duì yán sè.
    This printing factory uses a proof plate to check colors.
  • ，。
    Zhè ge xiǎo qū jiàn le yí gè yàng bǎn jiān, gòng gòu fáng zhě cān guān.
    This residential complex built a model apartment for buyers to tour.
  • 样板。
    Tā de guǎn lǐ fāng fǎ chéng le quán gōng sī de yàng bǎn.
    His management method became a model for the entire company.

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.

样yàngsample
板bǎnboard

样 contributes sample or model, and 板 contributes plate, giving a template.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樣; 样 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
羕
羕yàng樣yàng
Same sound today

For 样, the traditional form 樣 pairs 木 (wood) with 羕 as a sound part.

Open 样 →

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mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
反
反fǎn板bǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

板 pairs 木 (tree) with 反 as a sound part.

Open 板 →
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