票价 (piào jià) — ticket price; admission fee

Definition

noun

ticket priceadmission fee

。
Diàn yǐng piào jià hěn guì.
Movie ticket prices are very expensive.
票价。
Zhè ge háng bān de piào jià bǐ huǒ chē piào guì hěn duō.
The ticket price for this flight is much more expensive than train tickets.
票价。
Zhōu mò de piào jià bǐ píng shí guì yì xiē.
Weekend ticket prices are a bit more expensive than weekdays.

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.

票 refers to a ticket and 价 to price, so together they mean the price charged for a ticket.

Characters in this word

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

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

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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