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货单 (huò chán) — manifest; waybill; shipping list

Definition

noun
manifestwaybillshipping list
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 货单。
    Qǐng bǎ huò chán jiāo gěi hǎi guān gōng zuò rén yuán.
    Please give the manifest to the customs officer.
  • 货单。
    Měi pī huò wù dōu yào zhǔn bèi yí fèn huò chán.
    Every shipment of goods needs to prepare a waybill.
  • 货单。
    huò chán Shàng de shù liàng yǔ shí jì bù fú.
    The quantity on the shipping list does not match the actual amount.

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.

货huògoods
单dānlist

货 (goods) and 单 (list) give a list of shipped goods.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

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.

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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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