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名册 (míng cè) — register, roll (list of names)

Definition

noun
registerroll (list of names)
Measure word · 本

Examples

  • 名册。
    Qǐng bǎ nǐ de míng zì xiě zài míng cè shàng.
    Please write your name on the register.
  • 名册。
    Zhè ge míng cè shàng yǒu wǔ shí gè rén de míng zì.
    There are fifty people's names on this roll.
  • 名册。
    Tā fù zé guǎn lǐ gōng sī de yuán gōng míng cè.
    He is responsible for managing the company's employee roster.

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.

名míngname
册cèbooklet

"名" (names) and "册" (booklet) combine into a booklet listing names.

Characters in this word

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

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

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