驾驶证 (jià shǐ zhèng) — driver's license | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

driver's license

Measure word · 本

Examples

驾驶证。
Wǒ qù nián ná dào le jià shǐ zhèng.
I got my driver's license last year.
驾驶证。
Tā kāi chē shí wàng dài jià shǐ zhèng le.
He forgot to bring his driver's license when driving.
驾驶证。
Kǎo jià shǐ zhèng yào huā hěn duō shí jiān hé qián.
Getting a driver's license takes a lot of time and money.

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.

驾驶drive

驾jiàdrive驶shǐdrive

联合Coordinate

证zhèngcertificate

驾 and 驶 both mean drive, and 证 is a certificate, so it licenses driving.

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 駕; 驾 is its simplified writing.

加馬駕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎ

Sound part声符shēngfú

加

加jiā駕jià

Same sound today

In the traditional form 駕, 馬 relates to a horse, and 加 gives the sound; this story is about 駕, not the simplified 驾.

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 駛; 驶 is its simplified writing.

馬史駛

Meaning part形符xíngfú

馬馬mǎ

Sound part声符shēngfú

史

史shǐ駛shǐ

Same sound today

The traditional form 駛 has 馬 as the meaning part and 史 as the sound part.

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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