汇票 (huì piào) — draft; bill of exchange; money order

Definition

noun

draftbill of exchangemoney order

Measure word · 张

汇票。
Wǒ zuó tiān qù yín háng bàn le yì zhāng huì piào.
I went to the bank yesterday and got a draft.
汇票。
Zhè zhāng huì piào de jīn é shì wǔ wàn yuán.
The amount of this bill of exchange is 50,000 yuan.
汇票。
Qǐng bǎ huì piào jì dào zǒng gōng sī.
Please send the money order to the head office.

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.

汇huìremittance

汇 as remittance and 票 as bill together name a bill for remitting money.

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 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

匚淮匯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

匚匚fāng

Sound part声符shēngfú

淮

淮huái匯huì

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

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

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

票 combines 火 (fire) and 𢍱 (to rise high), originally representing sparks rising up.

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