(piào) - ticket, note, ballot, vote in Mandarin
piàoTraditional: 票
Translation
ticket, note, ballot, vote
Word origin
Originally written with 火 (huǒ, fire) and meaning sparks flying up, the character was later borrowed for a slip of paper and now carries only that sense.
- Origin
- other
- Root
- 覀 over 示, from an earlier graph with 火 (huǒ, fire)
Stroke order
票
Examples
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I bought two tickets.
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The film tickets have sold out.
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Please show your ticket.
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How much is this ticket?
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He cast a vote in favour.
票 (piào) is the slip of paper that entitles you to something: 车票 (chē piào) a travel ticket, 电影票 (diàn yǐng piào) a cinema ticket, 机票 (jī piào) a plane ticket, 门票 (mén piào) an entry ticket.
It stretches to any small official paper. 发票 (fā piào) is the receipt you ask for in a Chinese restaurant, and it is a serious document rather than a till slip. 支票 (zhī piào) is a cheque, and 邮票 (yóu piào) a postage stamp.
The vote sense sits in the same family, because a ballot is a slip too: 投票 (tóu piào) to vote, 一票 (yī piào) one vote. The measure word throughout is 张 (zhāng), the one for flat things, so it is 两张票 (liǎng zhāng piào) and never 两个票 (liǎng gè piào).
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