票务 (piào wù) — ticketing; ticket sales; ticket services

Definition

noun

ticketingticket salesticket services

Easily confused

票务。
Zhè jiā gōng sī de piào wù xì tǒng fēi cháng xiān jìn.
This company's ticketing system is very advanced.
票务，。
Tā zài piào wù zhōng xīn gōng zuò, fù zé tuì huàn piào.
She works at the ticket center and handles refunds and exchanges.
票务。
Xiàn zài hěn duō piào wù dōu kě yǐ zài wǎng shàng bàn lǐ.
Now many ticketing services can be handled online.

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.

务wùaffairs/services

“票” names tickets, and “务” names affairs or services, so the word covers ticket-related services.

Characters in this word

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

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

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 務; 务 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

力力lìstrength

Sound part声符shēngfú

敄

敄wù務wù

Same sound today

In the traditional form 務, 力 shows the sense of strength or effort, while 敄 gives the sound. The simplified 务 is a later shorthand.