售后服务 (shòu hòu fú wù) — after-sales service

Definition

noun
after-sales service

Examples

  • 售后服务。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de shòu hòu fú wù zuò dé hěn hǎo.
    This company's after-sales service is very good.
  • ，售后服务。
    Mǎi diàn zǐ chǎn pǐn shí, shòu hòu fú wù hěn zhòng yào.
    When buying electronic products, after-sales service is very important.
  • 售后服务。
    Wǒ men tí gōng miǎn fèi de shòu hòu fú wù.
    We provide free after-sales service.

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.

售后after sale
售shòusell后hòuafter
偏正Modifier + head
服务service
服fúserve务wùaffairs
动宾Verb + object

售后 (after sale) and 服务 (service) mean support after a sale.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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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
凡凡fántray
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠬝
𠬝𠬝服fú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 服, the part 𠬝 was the original picture for 'to subdue'; the added left part 凡, a tray, later changed shape.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 務; 务 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
敄
敄wù務wù
Same sound today

In the traditional form 務, 力 shows the sense of strength or effort, while 敄 gives the sound. The simplified 务 is a later shorthand.

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