存款单 (cún kuǎn dān) — deposit slip, bank deposit receipt | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

deposit slipbank deposit receipt

Measure word · 张

Examples

存款单。
Wǒ qù yín háng ná le yì zhāng cún kuǎn dān.
I went to the bank and got a deposit slip.
存款单。
Qǐng zài zhè zhāng cún kuǎn dān shàng tián hǎo jīn é hé xìng míng.
Please fill in the amount and name on this deposit slip.
存款单。
Tā bǎ cún kuǎn dān fàng zài bǎo xiǎn xiāng lǐ le.
He put the deposit slip in the safe.

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.

存款deposit

存cúndeposit款kuǎnfunds

动宾Verb + object

存款 gives the idea of putting funds in, and 单 names the paper slip.

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.

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

欠欠qiànlacking, desire

Sound part声符shēngfú

柰

柰nài款kuǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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