单程票 (dān chéng piào) — one-way ticket

Definition

A single-direction travel ticket (train, bus, etc.). Contrasted with 往返票 (round-trip ticket) — 单程票 covers only the outbound journey.

noun

one-way ticket

Measure word · 张

单程票。
Wǒ xū yào mǎi yì zhāng dān chéng piào.
I need to buy a one-way ticket.
，单程票。
Cóng běi jīng dào shàng hǎi, dān chéng piào bǐ wǎng fǎn piào pián yi.
From Beijing to Shanghai, a one-way ticket is cheaper than a round-trip ticket.
单程票，。
Zhè zhāng dān chéng piào zhǐ néng zuò huǒ chē, bù néng zuò fēi jī.
This one-way ticket is only for trains, not planes.

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.

单程single journey

偏正Modifier + head

单程 means a single journey, and 票 is a ticket; together they form a one-way ticket.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

禾呈程

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾hégrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

呈

Same sound today

程 is made from 禾 (grain) and 呈 (pronounced chéng); the evidence gives measurements.

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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