船票 (chuán piào) — boat ticket; ferry ticket

Definition

noun

boat ticketferry ticket

Measure word · 张

船票。
Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng chuán piào.
I bought a boat ticket.
船票。
Qǐng chū shì nín de chuán piào.
Please show your boat ticket.
船票。
Zhè tàng chuán de chuán piào hěn guì.
The tickets for this boat are expensive.

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.

船 means boat and 票 means ticket; together it is a ticket for a boat.

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

㕣

㕣㕣船

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

船 pairs 舟 (boat) with 㕣 for its sound.

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.

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