报告单 (bào gào chán) — report form; (medical) test report

Definition

noun
report form(medical) test report
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 报告单。
    Qǐng bǎ bào gào chán jiāo gěi yī shēng.
    Please give the report form to the doctor.
  • 报告单。
    Nǐ de huà yàn bào gào chán yǐ jīng chū lái le.
    Your lab test report is already out.
  • 报告单？
    Zhè zhāng bào gào chán shàng xiě de shì shén me?
    What is written on this report form?

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.

报告report
报bàoreport告gàotell
联合Side by side
单dānsheet

报 and 告 both mean tell, and 单 is a sheet; together they name a report form.

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 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

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

The origin is unclear: one theory sees 告 as 壴 (a decorated drum) above 口 (an open mouth), while another sees a tongue sticking out of 口.

Open 告 →

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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