全额 (quán é) — full amount; total sum (of money)

Definition

noun

full amounttotal sum (of money)

全额，。
Tā huò dé le quán é jiǎng xué jīn, bù xū yào jiāo xué fèi.
He received a full scholarship and doesn't need to pay tuition.
，全额。
Rú guǒ shāng pǐn yǒu wèn tí, shāng jiā bì xū quán é tuì kuǎn.
If the product has a problem, the merchant must give a full refund.
全额。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng fèi yòng yóu gōng sī quán é chéng dān.
The company will bear the full cost of this trip.

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.

额éamount

全 “entire” limits 额 “amount” to mean the whole sum.

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.

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 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

客頁額

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yèhead

Sound part声符shēngfú

客

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

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