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售票处 (shòu piào chù) — ticket office, box office

Definition

noun
ticket officebox office
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 售票处。
    Qǐng dào shòu piào chù mǎi piào.
    Please go to the ticket office to buy tickets.
  • 售票处。
    Diàn yǐng yuàn de shòu piào chù pái zhe hěn cháng de duì.
    There is a long queue at the movie theater's ticket office.
  • 售票处。
    Huǒ chē zhàn de shòu piào chù zǎo shàng liù diǎn kāi mén.
    The ticket office at the train station opens at six in the morning.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

售票sell tickets
售shòusell票piàoticket
动宾Verb + object
处chùplace

“售” means sell and “票” means ticket, and “处” points to a place, so the word names a place where tickets are sold.

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.

  • 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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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 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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