订货单 (dìng huò chán) — order form; purchase order | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

order formpurchase order

Measure word · 张

Examples

订货单。
Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn dìng huò chán tián hǎo.
Please fill out this order form.
订货单。
Gōng sī zuó tiān shōu dào le yí dà pī dìng huò chán.
The company received a large batch of purchase orders yesterday.
订货单。
Měi zhāng dìng huò chán dōu xū yào jīng lǐ qiān zì.
Every order form needs the manager's signature.

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.

订货order goods

订dìngorder货huògoods

动宾Verb + object

订货 means ordering goods; 单 is a form, giving an order form.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

言丁訂

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng訂dìng

Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

化貝貨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell, money

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

化huà貨huò

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

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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