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登记证 (dēng jì zhèng) — registration certificate; registration card

Definition

noun
registration certificateregistration card
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 登记证。
    Qǐng chū shì nín de dēng jì zhèng.
    Please show your registration certificate.
  • 登记证。
    Tā bàn wán shǒu xù hòu ná dào le dēng jì zhèng.
    He got the registration certificate after completing the procedures.
  • 登记证。
    Zhè zhāng dēng jì zhèng de yǒu xiào qī shì sān nián.
    This registration card is valid for three years.

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registration
登dēngregister记jìrecord
联合Coordinate
证zhèngcertificate

登记 means registration and 证 means certificate; together they form a certificate proving registration.

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 →

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 證; 证 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
登
登dēng證zhèng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 證 pairs 言, a words/speech part, with 登 as a sound clue; the simplified 证 is a later shorthand.

Open 证 →
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