余款 (yú kuǎn) — remaining funds, surplus money (especially after a payment or transaction)

Definition

noun
remaining fundssurplus money (especially after a payment or transaction)

Examples

  • 余款，。
    Fù qīng yú kuǎn hòu, zhè bǐ jiāo yì cái suàn wán chéng.
    After paying the remaining balance, this transaction is considered complete.
  • 余款。
    Gōng sī bǎ shàng ge yuè de yú kuǎn cún rù yín háng.
    The company deposited last month's surplus funds into the bank.
  • 余款。
    Zhè zhāng fā piào hái yǒu yì bǐ yú kuǎn wèi jié qīng.
    This invoice still has a remaining balance that hasn't been settled.

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.

余yúremaining
款kuǎnfunds

余款 uses 余 (remaining) with 款 (funds) for money left over.

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 餘; 余 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
余
余yú餘Yú
Same sound today

The traditional form 餘 pairs 食 (food) with 余 as its sound part; the simplified 余 is a later abbreviation.

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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
欠欠qiànlacking, desire
Sound part声符shēngfú
柰
柰nài款kuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

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