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时刻表 (shí kè biǎo) — timetable; schedule

Definition

noun
timetableschedule
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 时刻表。
    Qǐng chá yí xià huǒ chē de shí kè biǎo.
    Please check the train timetable.
  • 时刻表。
    Xué xiào de shí kè biǎo yǐ jīng tiē zài gōng gào lán shàng le.
    The school schedule has been posted on the bulletin board.
  • 时刻表。
    Fēi jī shí kè biǎo xiǎn shì háng bān zhǔn shí qǐ fēi.
    The flight schedule shows the flight departs on time.

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.

时刻time
时shítime刻kèmoment
联合Coordinate
表biǎotable

'时刻' (time) + '表' (table) = a table of times.

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
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài刻kè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

刻 is made of 刂, a form of 刀 (knife), and 亥, which gives the sound.

Open 刻 →

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

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →
Appears in
Time (Abstract)

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