优惠价 (yōu huì jià) — discount price, special offer price

Definition

noun
discount pricespecial offer price
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 优惠价。
    Zhè jiā shāng diàn de yōu huì jià zhǐ xiàn jīn tiān.
    This store's discount price is only valid today.
  • 优惠价。
    yōu huì jià Shāng pǐn mǎi mǎn sān bǎi yuán kě yǐ zài dǎ jiǔ zhé.
    Discount items can get an extra 10% off when you spend over 300 yuan.
  • 优惠价。
    Wǒ yòng yōu huì jià mǎi le yì zhāng qù běi jīng de jī piào.
    I bought a ticket to Beijing at a discounted price.

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.

优惠favorable benefit
优yōuexcellent惠huìbenefit
联合Side by side
价jiàprice

优惠, from 优 and 惠, means a favorable benefit; 价 is the price set at that level.

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 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

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

惠 combines 叀, which gives the sound, with 心 (heart).

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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
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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