加收 (jiā shōu) — to charge an additional fee, to surcharge

Definition

加收 means to charge an extra fee on top of an existing price (e.g. surcharges, late fees, holiday markups). Unlike plain 收 ('to charge'), it always implies the fee is additional or beyond the standard amount.

verb
to charge an additional feeto surcharge

Examples

  • 加收。
    Jiǔ diàn duì yán chí tuì fáng jiā shōu le bàn tiān de fèi yòng.
    The hotel charges an additional half-day fee for late checkout.
  • 加收。
    Zhè ge tào cān kě yǐ jiā shōu shí yuán qián shēng jí wèi dà fèn.
    You can upgrade this combo to a large portion for an extra ten yuan.
  • ，加收。
    Jié jià rì chū xíng, jī piào dōu huì jiā shōu yí dìng bǐ lì de fù jiā fèi.
    When traveling on holidays, airfares all incur an additional surcharge at a certain proportion.

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.

加jiāextra
收shōucollect

加 means extra, and 收 means collect, so together they mean charging an additional fee.

Characters in this word

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

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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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
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū收shōu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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