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得票数 (dé piào shù) — number of votes received; vote count

Definition

得票数 literally means 'the number of votes obtained' — used for candidates or options in an election, not for general counting. Contrast with 投票 (the act of voting) and 选票 (the ballot itself).

noun
number of votes receivedvote count

Examples

  • 得票数。
    Zhè cì xuǎn jǔ de dé piào shù hěn gāo.
    The vote count in this election is very high.
  • 得票数。
    Wǒ men xū yào tǒng jì suǒ yǒu de dé piào shù.
    We need to tally all the votes received.
  • 得票数。
    Tā de dé piào shù yáo yáo lǐng xiān.
    His vote count is far ahead.

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.

得票received votes
得déreceive票piàovote
动宾Verb + object
数shùcount

“得票” means votes received, and “数” means count; together they give the vote count.

Characters in this word

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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

  • 火火huǒfire
  • 𢍱𢍱𢍱to rise high

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

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pū
Sound part声符shēngfú
婁
婁lóu數shù(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

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