交易额 (jiāo yì é) — total value of transactions; turnover

Definition

noun

total value of transactionsturnover

交易额。
Jīn nián gōng sī de jiāo yì é zēng zhǎng le hěn duō.
The company's transaction volume has increased a lot this year.
交易额。
Zhè ge píng tái de rì jiāo yì é chāo guò yí yì yuán.
The daily transaction volume of this platform exceeds 100 million yuan.
交易额。
jiāo yì é Shì héng liáng yè jì de zhòng yào zhǐ biāo.
Transaction volume is an important indicator of performance.

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.

交易transaction

联合Side by side

额éamount

交易 (exchange-trade) and 额 (amount) give the total value of transactions.

Characters in this word

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

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

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

The early form of 易 was a drawing of a filled container, not a chameleon. It showed something full that could be given out.

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.

客頁額

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

客

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.