票数 (piào shù) — vote count; number of votes

Definition

noun

vote countnumber of votes

票数。
Zhè cì xuǎn jǔ de piào shù hěn gāo.
The vote count for this election is very high.
票数。
Wǒ men xū yào tǒng jì zuì hòu de piào shù.
We need to tally the final vote count.
票数。
Tā de piào shù bǐ duì shǒu duō le hěn duō.
His vote count was much higher than his opponent's.

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 votes, and 数 refers to a number, giving the number of votes.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 數; 数 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

婁

婁lóu數shù(r)

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

The traditional form 數 pairs 攴, the meaning part, with 婁, the sound part; the simplified 数 is a shorthand.

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