预支 (yù zhī) — to draw in advance, to get an advance on (salar…

Definition

noun

to draw in advanceto get an advance on (salary, pay)advance payment

预支。
Wǒ xiàng gōng sī yù zhī le xià ge yuè de gōng zī.
I asked the company for an advance on next month's salary.
预支。
Zhè bǐ yù zhī xū yào jīng lǐ pī zhǔn.
This advance payment needs the manager's approval.
预支。
Tā yù zhī le wǔ bǎi kuài qián.
He drew 500 yuan in advance.

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.

预yùin advance

支zhīdraw/pay

预 means beforehand, 支 means draw or pay, so together they mean to draw pay in advance.

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 預; 预 is its simplified writing.

予頁預

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

予

Same sound today

The traditional form 預 combines 予 for the sound and 頁 for the meaning; the simplified 预 is a later shorthand.

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

又十支

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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