竞标 (jìng biāo) — competitive bidding; tender (business process)

Definition

noun

competitive biddingtender (business process)

竞标。
Zhè cì jìng biāo xī yǐn le shí duō jiā gōng sī cān yù.
This competitive bidding attracted over a dozen companies to participate.
竞标。
Tā men gōng sī chéng gōng zhòng biāo le nà ge jìng biāo xiàng mù.
Their company successfully won that tender project.
竞标。
Qǐng zài zhè zhōu wǔ zhī qián tí jiāo jìng biāo wén jiàn.
Please submit the bidding documents before this Friday.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

竞 (compete) is directed at 标 (bid), giving the idea of competing for a bid.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 競; 竞 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 競 shows 誩 (argument) above two 儿 (men), as two individuals debating vigorously; the simplified 竞 is a later abbreviation.

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 標; 标 is its simplified writing.

木票標

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

票

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 標 pairs 木 with 票, and 票 gives the sound; the simplified 标 is the modern form of that traditional character.

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