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开户 (kāi hù) — to open an account

Definition

开户 means 'to open an account' (bank, brokerage, etc.). Used as a verb-object phrase; the object 户 can also stand alone, as in 开一个新户.

verb
to open an account

Examples

  • 开户。
    Wǒ xiǎng zài yín háng kāi hù.
    I want to open an account at the bank.
  • 。
    Tā zuó tiān kāi le yí gè xīn hù.
    He opened a new account yesterday.
  • 。
    Kāi hù xū yào dài shēn fèn zhèng.
    To open an account, you need to bring your ID card.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

开kāiopen
户hùaccount

开 (open) with 户 (account) means to open an account.

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 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

Open 户 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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