彩票
Old HSK 6
彩票 (cǎipiào) · lottery ticket
彩票 (cǎipiào) means “lottery ticket”. It is written with 2 characters: 彩 (color) + 票 (ticket). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 彩票 is built
The characters
彩 cǎi · color
What 彩 is made of
- 采cǎi — to collect
- 爫zhǎo — claws
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 彡shān — hair
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: 彡 gives the meaning, 采 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
票 piào · ticket
What 票 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 示shì — altar
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offering (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他每周都买彩票。Tā měi zhōu dōu mǎi cǎipiào.He buys a lottery ticket every week.
中彩票的机会很小。Zhòng cǎipiào de jīhuì hěn xiǎo.The chance of winning the lottery is very small.
Questions about 彩票
What does 彩票 mean?
彩票 (cǎipiào) means “lottery ticket”.
How do you pronounce 彩票?
彩票 is pronounced cǎipiào.
Which HSK level is 彩票?
彩票 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 彩色cǎisècolored
- 精彩jīngcǎiwonderful
- 色彩sècǎicolor
- 彩虹cǎihóngrainbow
- 光彩guāngcǎiluster
- 剪彩jiǎncǎito cut the ribbon (at an opening)
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 机票jīpiàoplane ticket
- 门票ménpiàoadmission ticket
- 票价piàojiàticket price
Learn 彩票 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 19: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.