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负一 (fù yī) — classifier for negative points, debits, or deductions

Definition

Used as a measure for negative points or deductions (e.g. 扣了三负一分 = 'three negative points were deducted'). It is not a normal counting number — it specifically counts debits/penalties.

numeral
classifier for negative pointsdebitsor deductions

Examples

  • 负一。
    Tā dé le sān fù yī fēn.
    He got three negative points.
  • 负一。
    Lǎo shī kòu le wǒ liǎng fù yī fēn.
    The teacher deducted two negative points from me.
  • 负一。
    Zhè ge kǎo shì zǒng gòng kòu le wǔ fù yī fēn.
    This exam had a total deduction of five negative points.

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.

负fùnegative
一yīone

负 marks the negative sign, and 一 gives the value one.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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