查对 (chá duì) — to check and verify (e.g. accounts, numbers)

Definition

verb
to check and verify (e.g. accounts, numbers)

Examples

  • 查对。
    Tā xū yào chá duì biǎo gé lǐ de shù zì.
    He needs to check and verify the numbers in the table.
  • 查对。
    Qǐng nǐ zài chá duì yí biàn.
    Please check and verify once more.
  • 查对。
    Wǒ chá duì le suǒ yǒu de míng zì.
    I checked and verified all the names.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查cháexamine
对duìverify

查 means examine and 对 means verify, giving checking against correct information.

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
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

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