时价 (shí jià) — current price

Definition

noun
current price
Easily confused

Examples

  • 时价。
    Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ de shí jià bǐ shàng zhōu pián yi le wǔ kuài.
    The current price of this fruit is five yuan cheaper than last week.
  • 时价，。
    Qǐng chá kàn zuì xīn de shí jià biǎo, zài jué dìng shì fǒu gòu mǎi.
    Please check the latest current price list before deciding whether to buy.
  • 时价，。
    Guó jì yuán yóu shí jià bō dòng hěn dà, tóu zī zhě xū jǐn shèn.
    The current price of international crude oil fluctuates a lot; investors need to be cautious.

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.

时shícurrent time
价jiàprice

时 current time and 价 price together give the present-day price.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 時; 时 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun; day
Sound part声符shēngfú
之
之zhī時shí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 時 pairs 日 (sun/day) with 之 as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 时 is not the form described.

Open 时 →

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
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

Open 价 →

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