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反对票 (fǎn duì piào) — dissenting vote, negative vote

Definition

noun
dissenting votenegative vote
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 反对票。
    Tā de fǎn duì piào ràng zhè ge fāng àn méi yǒu tōng guò.
    His dissenting vote prevented this plan from passing.
  • ，反对票。
    Tóu piào jié guǒ zhōng, fǎn duì piào zhàn le yì xiǎo bù fen.
    Among the voting results, negative votes accounted for a small portion.
  • 反对票，。
    Suī rán yǒu rén tóu le fǎn duì piào, dàn zuì zhōng jiàn yì hái shì tōng guò le.
    Although someone cast a negative vote, the suggestion was eventually passed.

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.

反对oppose
反fǎnoppose对duìcounter
联合Coordinate
票piàovote

反对 expresses opposition, and 票 marks the vote cast against something.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
又又yòuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
厂
厂chǎng反fǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

反 uses 又 (hand) for meaning and 厂 for sound. Its original shape showed a hand turning its palm over, giving the sense of return or reverse.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

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

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Conflict & AgreementGovernment & Politics

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