存折 (cún zhé) — passbook (bankbook) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

passbook (bankbook)

Measure word · 本

Examples

存折。
Wǒ xū yào bǎ cún zhé dài dào yín háng qù.
I need to take my passbook to the bank.
存折。
Tā de cún zhé shàng xiǎn shì suǒ yǒu de jiāo yì jì lù.
His passbook shows all the transaction records.
存折，。
Wǒ diū le cún zhé, xū yào bǔ bàn.
I lost my passbook and need to get a new one issued.

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.

存cúnsave/deposit

折zhébooklet

存折 is a 折, a small book, for 存, deposits.

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

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.

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

屮𣏄𣏄a tree {{zh-m|*木}} cut in half
斤斤jīnaxe

The shape originally showed an axe (斤) cutting a tree in half; in 折 the left part is now written as a hand.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Finance & Banking

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