优惠待遇 (yōu huì dài yù) — preferential treatment; favored treatment

Definition

A formal/business term for special benefits or better conditions given to a specific group (members, foreign companies, partners). More concrete and policy-driven than the general sense of 待遇.

noun
preferential treatmentfavored treatment

Examples

  • 优惠待遇。
    Tā men gōng sī gěi wǒ men tí gōng le yōu huì dài yù.
    Their company offered us preferential treatment.
  • 优惠待遇。
    Huì yuán kě yǐ xiǎng shòu hěn duō zhǒng yōu huì dài yù.
    Members can enjoy many kinds of preferential treatment.
  • 优惠待遇。
    Zhè ge zhèng cè gěi wài zī qǐ yè dài lái le yōu huì dài yù.
    This policy brings preferential treatment to foreign-invested enterprises.

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
优yōuexcellent惠huìbenefit
偏正Modifier + head
待遇treatment
待dàitreat遇yùtreat
联合Side by side

优惠 means 'favorable' and 待遇 means 'treatment', so it denotes specially good treatment.

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
彳彳chì
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì待dài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

待 is built from 彳 on the left and 寺 on the right; 彳 is tied to the meaning, and 寺 gives the sound.

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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
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
禺
禺yú遇yù
Same sound today

遇 combines 辶, a walking-related part, with 禺, which gives the sound. The 辶 part shows that the meaning involves walking or moving.

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