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火车票 (huǒ chē piào) — train ticket, railway ticket

Definition

noun
train ticketrailway ticket
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 火车票。
    Wǒ zài wǎng shàng mǎi le yì zhāng huǒ chē piào.
    I bought a train ticket online.
  • 火车票。
    Qǐng yòng shēn fèn zhèng zài zì zhù jī shàng qǔ huǒ chē piào.
    Please use your ID to pick up the train ticket at the self-service machine.
  • 火车票。
    Zhè zhāng huǒ chē piào kě yǐ gǎi qiān liǎng cì.
    This train ticket can be changed twice.

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.

火车train
火huǒfire车chēvehicle
偏正Modifier + head
票piàoticket

火车 names the train, and 票 is the ticket for it.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

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

Open 票 →
Appears in
Trains & Transit

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