登记簿 (dēng jì bù) — register (book of records); registry

Definition

noun
register (book of records)registry
Measure word · 本

Examples

  • 登记簿。
    Fú wù yuán zài dēng jì bù shàng dēng jì le wǒ men de míng zì.
    The waitress registered our names in the register.
  • 登记簿。
    Zhè běn dēng jì bù jì lù le suǒ yǒu huì yuán de xìn xī.
    This register records all members' information.
  • 登记簿。
    Gōng sī de dēng jì bù xū yào dìng qī gēng xīn.
    The company's register needs regular updates.

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.

登记register
登dēngregister记jìrecord
联合Side by side
簿bóbook

Recording and a book combine to name a book for records.

Characters in this word

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

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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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
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
溥
溥pǔ簿bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

簿 used for book, pairs 竹 (bamboo) with 溥; 竹 is the meaning part and 溥 gives the sound.

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