存取 (cún qǔ) — (banking) to deposit and withdraw (money); (computing) to access (data)

Definition

存取 is a single verb that bundles two opposite actions: 'to deposit AND withdraw' (money at a bank) or 'to read AND write / store and retrieve' (data on a computer).

verb
(banking) to deposit and withdraw (money)(computing) to access (data)

Examples

  • 存取。
    Tā zài yín háng cún qǔ le yì bǐ qián.
    He deposited and withdrew a sum of money at the bank.
  • 存取。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ kuài sù cún qǔ wén jiàn.
    This software can access files quickly.
  • 存取。
    Qǐng bǎo guǎn hǎo nǐ de cún qǔ mì mǎ.
    Please keep your access password safe.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

存cúnstore
取qǔtake

存 and 取 cover putting in and taking out, hence accessing stored data.

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
子子zǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
才
才cái存cún
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

存 pairs 子 with 才, which was used for the sound.

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

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

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