提货单 (tí huò dān) — bill of lading | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

bill of lading

Measure word · 张

Examples

提货单。
Qǐng bǎ tí huò dān fàng zài zhuō zi shàng.
Please put the bill of lading on the table.
提货单。
Tā shōu dào le yí fèn tí huò dān.
He received a bill of lading.
提货单。
Gōng sī xū yào tí huò dān cái néng fā huò.
The company needs a bill of lading to ship goods.

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.

提货

提títake货huògoods

动宾Verb + object

提货 means taking goods, and 单 is the slip for that transaction.

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.

扌是提

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

是

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.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

化貝貨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell, money

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

化huà貨huò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

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.

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