申请表 (shēn qǐng biǎo) — application form

Definition

noun

application form

Measure word · 张

申请表。
Qǐng xiān tián xiě zhè fèn shēn qǐng biǎo.
Please fill out this application form first.
申请表。
Tā bǎ shēn qǐng biǎo jiāo gěi le jīng lǐ.
He handed the application form to the manager.
申请表。
Wǒ zuó tiān shōu dào le nǐ de shēn qǐng biǎo.
I received your application form yesterday.

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.

申请state a request

联合Coordinate

申请 'state a request' + 表 'form' gives a form for making a request.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a picture of a bolt of lightning. It was the original character for lightning and spirit.

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 請; 请 is its simplified writing.

言青請

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

Same sound today

In the traditional form 請, 言 shows it relates to speaking, and 青 gives the sound; the simplified 请 is a later shorter form.

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.

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