当票 (dàng piào) — pawn ticket | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A 当票 is the receipt a pawnshop (当铺) gives you when you pawn something — you need it to redeem (赎) the item later.

noun

pawn ticket

Measure word · 张

，当票。
Tā bǎ shǒu biǎo yā zài dàng pù, ná le yì zhāng dàng piào.
He pawned his watch and got a pawn ticket.
当票。
Zhè zhāng dàng piào hái yǒu sān gè yuè cái dào qī.
This pawn ticket still has three months before it expires.
当票，。
Wǒ bù xiǎo xīn bǎ dàng piào nòng diū le, shú bù huí dōng xī.
I accidentally lost the pawn ticket and can't redeem the item.

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.

"当" refers to pawning and "票" to a ticket, making a pawn ticket.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 當; 当 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尚

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 當 combines 田 (field) with 尚; the evidence describes fields facing each other.

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

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.