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提款机 (tí kuǎn jī) — ATM, cash machine (bank autoteller)

Definition

noun
ATMcash machine (bank autoteller)
Measure word · 台

Examples

  • 提款机。
    Wǒ xū yào zài tí kuǎn jī lǐ qǔ yì xiē xiàn jīn.
    I need to withdraw some cash from the ATM.
  • 提款机。
    Fù jìn de tí kuǎn jī hǎo xiàng huài le.
    The nearby ATM seems to be broken.
  • 提款机。
    Yòng tí kuǎn jī qǔ qián bǐ qù yín háng guì tái fāng biàn duō le.
    Withdrawing money from an ATM is much more convenient than going to the bank counter.

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.

提款withdraw money
提tíwithdraw款kuǎnmoney
动宾Verb + object
机jīmachine

提款 means withdrawing money and 机 is a machine, so together they name a machine for taking out cash.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
是
是shì提tí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

提 shows 扌 (hand) beside 是, which gives the pronunciation.

Open 提 →

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
欠欠qiànlacking, desire
Sound part声符shēngfú
柰
柰nài款kuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

Open 款 →

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
木木mùtree; wood
Sound part声符shēngfú
几
几jǐ机jī
Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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