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审核 (shěn hé) — to audit; to review and verify

Definition

审核 is a formal verb meaning 'to review and verify' documents, accounts, or applications. It pairs with 审定 for an approval step, and overlaps with 核对 ('check/verify') but 核对 is narrower and often used for numbers and figures.

verb
to auditto review and verify

Examples

  • 审核。
    Cái wù bù měi nián dōu yào shěn hé gōng sī de zhàng mù.
    The finance department audits the company's accounts every year.
  • 审核。
    Zhè fèn hé tong xū yào qǐng lǜ shī shěn hé yí xià.
    This contract needs to be reviewed by a lawyer.
  • 审核。
    Suǒ yǒu shēn qǐng cái liào dōu yào jīng guò yán gé shěn hé.
    All application materials must go through strict auditing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

审shěnexamine
核héverify

审核 joins 审 (examine) and 核 (verify) to mean a thorough audit or review.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

  • 宀宀miánroof
  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 田田tián

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.

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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
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài核hé
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

核 pairs 木, a tree, with 亥 to give its sound; it originally named a kind of tree, and its later meanings are borrowed.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Business & Commerce

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