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课程表 (kè chéng biǎo) — class timetable; school schedule

Definition

noun
class timetableschool schedule
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 课程表。
    Qǐng bǎ kè chéng biǎo tiē zài jiào shì mén kǒu.
    Please post the class timetable at the classroom door.
  • 课程表。
    Zhè xué qī de kè chéng biǎo yǐ jīng pái hǎo le.
    This semester's timetable has already been arranged.
  • 课程表。
    Wǒ de kè chéng biǎo shàng xīng qī sān xià wǔ méi yǒu kè.
    There is no class on Wednesday afternoon on my timetable.

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.

课程courses
课kèlesson程chéngcourse
联合Coordinate
表biǎotable

课程 means lesson courses, and 表 is a table listing them.

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 課; 课 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánto say
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ課kè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 課 pairs 言 (to say) with 果 as a sound part; the simplified 课 is a shorthand and its right side is not a sound part.

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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
禾禾hégrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
呈
呈chéng程chéng
Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

Open 程 →

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →
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