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门票 (mén piào) — admission ticket, entrance ticket (for a theater, cinema, park, etc.)

Definition

门票 is a general ticket for entering a venue like a park, museum, or theater. Compared to 机票 (plane ticket), 门票 is for places you walk into on the ground; 入场券 is a more formal written term for the same idea.

noun
admission ticketentrance ticket (for a theater, cinema, park, etc.)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 门票。
    Qǐng gěi wǒ sān zhāng mén piào.
    Please give me three tickets.
  • 门票。
    Měi zhāng mén piào dōu hěn guì.
    Each ticket is very expensive.
  • 门票。
    Qù gōng yuán xū yào xiān mǎi mén piào.
    To go to the park you need to buy a ticket first.

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.

门méngate
票piàoticket

门票 combines gate and ticket, naming a ticket for entering a place.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

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

Open 票 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 2Travel & Tourism

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