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存折

cúnzhé

bankbook; passbook

An elderly hand holds a red booklet at a bank counter
Memory picture

Characters in this word

存 cún

Strokes
6
Radical
子 — son, child
Made of
才 ability, talent, gift 子 son, child
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

折 zhé

Strokes
7
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 斤 axe
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 奶奶把存折夹在旧相册里,连密码都写在一张褪色的纸条上。 Nǎinai bǎ cúnzhé jiā zài jiù xiàngcè lǐ, lián mìmǎ dōu xiě zài yì zhāng tuìsè de zhǐtiáo shàng. Grandma kept the passbook tucked inside an old photo album, with even the password written on a faded slip of paper.
  • 爷爷每个月都把钱存进存折里。 Yéye měi ge yuè dōu bǎ qián cún jìn cúnzhé lǐ. Grandpa puts money into his passbook every month.
  • 我的存折丢了,得去银行补办一本。 Wǒ de cúnzhé diū le, děi qù yínháng bǔbàn yì běn. I lost my passbook and have to go to the bank to get a new one.

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