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成绩单 (chéng jì dān) — report card, academic transcript

Definition

noun
report cardacademic transcript
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 成绩单？
    Nǐ ná dào chéng jì dān le ma?
    Did you get your report card?
  • 成绩单A。
    Tā de chéng jì dān shàng quán shì A.
    Her report card is all A's.
  • 成绩单。
    Wǒ bǎ chéng jì dān fā gěi le fù mǔ.
    I sent my transcript to my parents.

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.

成绩
成chéngachievement绩jìmerit
联合Coordinate
单dānlist

成绩 gives 'grades', 单 gives 'list', together 'grade list'.

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
戊戊wù
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng成chéng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

Open 成 →

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 績; 绩 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
責
責zé績jì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 績 pairs 糸, thread, with 責 for the sound; the simplified 绩 is a later abbreviation.

Open 绩 →

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.

Open 单 →
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