邮票
HSK 3 (2021)
邮票 (yóupiào) · stamp
邮票 (yóupiào) means “stamp”. It is written with 2 characters: 邮 (mail) + 票 (ticket). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 邮票 is built
The characters
邮 yóu · mail
What 邮 is made of
- 由yóu — to follow
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 由 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
他很喜欢收集邮票。Tā hěn xǐhuan shōují yóupiào.He loves collecting stamps.
你有邮票吗？Nǐ yǒu yóupiào ma?Do you have any stamps?
Questions about 邮票
What does 邮票 mean?
邮票 (yóupiào) means “stamp”.
How do you pronounce 邮票?
邮票 is pronounced yóupiào.
Which HSK level is 邮票?
邮票 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
- 邮件yóujiànemail
- 邮箱yóuxiāngemail address
- 邮局yóujúpost office
- 车票chēpiàobus or train ticket
- 机票jīpiàoplane ticket
- 门票ménpiàoadmission ticket
- 票价piàojiàticket price
- 发票fāpiàoreceipt
- 股票gǔpiàostock
Learn 邮票 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 73: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.