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备注 (bèi zhù) — annotations; remarks (notes or comments added to a document or record)

Definition

noun
annotationsremarks (notes or comments added to a document or record)

Examples

  • 备注。
    Qǐng zài wén jiàn hòu miàn jiā shàng bèi zhù.
    Please add remarks at the end of the document.
  • 备注。
    Měi gè dìng dān dōu yǒu bèi zhù lán.
    Each order has a remarks column.
  • 备注。
    Lǎo shī zài shì juàn shàng xiě le bèi zhù.
    The teacher wrote annotations on the exam paper.

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.

备bèiprepared
注zhùannotations

备 means prepared and 注 means annotations, yielding remarks added to a document.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 備; 备 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 備 shows a person carrying a quiver, matching the meaning 'ready; prepared'; the simplified 备 is a later abbreviation.

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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
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ注zhù
Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

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