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额度 (é dù) — quota; allocation; (credit) limit

Definition

额度 is a fixed limit or quota set on an amount (credit, reimbursement, exchange). Compare 名额: 额度 caps a sum of money or volume, while 名额 counts available spots or seats.

noun
quotaallocation(credit) limit

Examples

  • 额度。
    Zhè jiā yín háng gěi wǒ de dài kuǎn é dù shì wǔ shí wàn.
    The loan limit this bank gave me is five hundred thousand.
  • 额度。
    Měi gè yuè de duì huàn é dù yòng wán hòu jiù bù néng zài huàn le.
    Once the monthly exchange quota is used up, you cannot exchange anymore.
  • 额度。
    Gōng sī tiáo zhěng le yuán gōng chū chāi fèi yòng de bào xiāo é dù.
    The company adjusted the reimbursement limit for employee business travel expenses.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

额éamount
度dùmeasure

额 (amount) and 度 (measure) combine to mean a set amount or limit.

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 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè額é
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

Open 额 →

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
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
石
石shí度dù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

Open 度 →
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