支票
Old HSK 5
支票 (zhīpiào) · cheque
支票 (zhīpiào) means “cheque; check”. It is written with 2 characters: 支 (measure word for pens, songs, teams) + 票 (ticket). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 支票 is built
The characters
支 zhī · measure word for pens, songs, teams
What 支 is made of
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: A hand 又 holding a branch 十 for support (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
他用支票付了钱。Tā yòng zhīpiào fù le qián.He paid by cheque.
现在很少有人用支票了。Xiànzài hěnshǎo yǒurén yòng zhīpiào le.Few people use cheques nowadays.
Questions about 支票
What does 支票 mean?
支票 (zhīpiào) means “cheque; check”.
How do you pronounce 支票?
支票 is pronounced zhīpiào.
Which HSK level is 支票?
支票 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 支持zhīchíto support
- 支付zhīfùto pay
- 开支kāizhīexpenses
- 支撑zhīchēngto support
- 支出zhīchūexpenditure
- 支流zhīliútributary
- 支配zhīpèito control
- 支援zhīyuánto support
- 支柱zhīzhùpillar
- 支zhīmeasure word for pens, songs, teams
Learn 支票 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 122: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.