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登记表 (dēng jì biǎo) — registration form

Definition

noun
registration form
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 登记表。
    Qǐng nín xiān tián xiě zhè zhāng dēng jì biǎo.
    Please fill out this registration form first.
  • 登记表？
    Nǐ dài dēng jì biǎo le ma?
    Did you bring the registration form?
  • 登记表。
    Tā zuó tiān bǎ dēng jì biǎo jiāo shàng qù le.
    He submitted the registration form yesterday.

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.

登记register
登dēngregister记jìrecord
联合Coordinate
表biǎoform

登 (register) and 记 (record) form 登记, which with 表 (form) names a registration form.

Characters in this word

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

  • 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.

Open 登 →

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 记 →

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 →
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