全票 (quán piào) — full-price ticket; unanimous vote

Definition

Two unrelated meanings behind one word: 'full-price ticket' (no student/discount) and 'unanimous vote' (everyone agreed, 全体赞成).

noun

full-price ticketunanimous vote

Measure word · 张

全票，。
Zhè zhāng diàn yǐng piào shì quán piào, bú shì xué shēng piào.
This movie ticket is a full-price ticket, not a student ticket.
全票。
Yì huì yǐ quán piào tōng guò le zhè xiàng gǎi gé fāng àn.
Parliament passed this reform plan by a unanimous vote.
全票，。
Wǒ men mǎi le sān zhāng quán piào, huā le liù bǎi kuài.
We bought three full-price tickets and spent six hundred yuan.

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.

票piàoticket/vote

全 means all or full, and 票 names a ticket or vote.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

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