登机牌 (dēng jī pái) — boarding pass | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

boarding pass

Measure word · 张

Examples

登机牌。
Qǐng chū shì nín de dēng jī pái.
Please show your boarding pass.
登机牌，？
Wǒ de dēng jī pái diū le, zěn me bàn?
I lost my boarding pass, what should I do?
，登机牌。
Bàn lǐ dēng jī shǒu xù shí, nǐ huì ná dào dēng jī pái.
When you check in, you'll get a boarding pass.

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.

登机board a plane

登dēngboard机jīplane

动宾Verb + object

登 means board and 机 means plane, forming boarding a plane, and 牌 means pass or card, so a boarding pass.

Characters in this word

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

癶豆登

癶癶bōleft and right feet
豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

片卑牌

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

卑

卑bēi牌pái

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

牌 puts 片, a flat piece, beside 卑, which gives the sound.

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