中标 (zhòng biāo) — to win a bid or tender

Definition

Verb meaning 'to win a tender/bid' — the bidding process is 招标, so 中标 is the successful outcome. Often collocates with 项目 or 工程.

verb

to win a bid or tender

中标。
Wǒ men gōng sī zhè cì zhòng biāo le.
Our company won the bid this time.
，。
Tā men zhōng le yí cì biāo, lì rùn hěn gāo.
They won a bid once, and the profit was high.
中标，。
Zhè cì zhòng biāo fēi cháng bù róng yì, jìng zhēng hěn jī liè.
Winning this bid was not easy; the competition was fierce.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

中 “hit/win” and 标 “bid” combine to mean winning a tender.

Characters in this word

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

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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 標; 标 is its simplified writing.

木票標

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

票

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

The traditional form 標 pairs 木 with 票, and 票 gives the sound; the simplified 标 is the modern form of that traditional character.

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