优惠卡 (yōu huì kǎ) — discount card; membership card that offers disc…

Definition

noun

discount cardmembership card that offers discounts

Measure word · 张

优惠卡。
Yòng zhè zhāng yōu huì kǎ gòu wù kě yǐ xiǎng shòu bā zhé yōu huì.
You can get a 20% discount when shopping with this discount card.
优惠卡。
Bàn lǐ yōu huì kǎ xū yào tí gōng shēn fèn zhèng hé zhào piàn.
To apply for a discount card, you need to provide your ID and a photo.
优惠卡。
Zhè jiā chāo shì de yōu huì kǎ jī fēn kě yǐ duì huàn lǐ pǐn.
The points from this supermarket's discount card can be exchanged for gifts.

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

偏正Modifier + head

优惠 means 'favorable benefit' and 卡 means 'card', naming a card for discounts.

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.

亻憂優

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.

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).

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

卡 is made from 上 (up) and 下 (down), with their horizontal lines fused, showing something squeezed between above and below.