逮捕证 (dài bǔ zhèng) — arrest warrant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

arrest warrant

Measure word · 张

Examples

逮捕证。
Jǐng chá chū shì le dài bǔ zhèng.
The police showed the arrest warrant.
逮捕证？
Nǐ jiàn guò zhè zhāng dài bǔ zhèng ma?
Have you seen this arrest warrant?
逮捕证。
Fǎ yuàn qiān fā le tā de dài bǔ zhèng.
The court issued his arrest warrant.

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.

逮捕arrest

逮dǎicatch捕bǔcatch

联合Coordinate

证zhèngwarrant

逮捕 (arrest) specifies the kind of 证 (warrant) for taking someone into custody.

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.

辶隶逮

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

隶

隶lì逮dài

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

逮 combines 辶, a movement-related part, with 隶, which supplies the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌甫捕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

甫

甫fǔ捕bǔ

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

捕 uses 扌 (a hand, from 手) to show catching, and 甫 for the sound.

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 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

言登證

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

登

登dēng證zhèng

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

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

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