赞成票 (zàn chéng piào) — affirmative vote; vote in favor

Definition

A 赞成票 is a vote cast in favor of a proposal — pair it with 反对票 (opposing vote) to talk about vote counts. The action of voting 'yes' is 投赞成票.

noun

affirmative votevote in favor

Measure word · 张

，赞成票。
Zhè cì tóu piào, zàn chéng piào bǐ fǎn duì piào duō.
In this vote, affirmative votes outnumbered negative votes.
赞成票。
Tā huò dé le dà bù fen zàn chéng piào.
He received most of the affirmative votes.
赞成票。
Wǒ men xū yào zhì shǎo shí zhāng zàn chéng piào cái néng tōng guò.
We need at least ten affirmative votes to pass.

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.

赞成approval

联合Coordinate

The idea of 赞成 as approval combines with 票 as ballot to mean a vote in favor.

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 贊; 赞 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 赞 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (称赞, 赞赏) it is 讚; in others (赞成, 赞同) it is 贊.

This note is about the traditional form 贊. It pairs 㚘 with 貝 (money) for helping with money; the simplified 赞 is a shorthand.

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

丁

丁dīng成chéng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

成 puts 戊, a weapon, beside 丁, which gives the sound. The weapon part relates to protection, as in the old sense of city walls.

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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