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额度

édù

quota; limit; amount

A person with a card beside a jar of coins filled to a line
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Characters in this word

额 é

Strokes
15
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
客 guest, traveller 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 额

度 dù

Strokes
9
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 由于专项经费额度有限,学校必须优先支持最迫切的实验项目。 Yóuyú zhuānxiàng jīngfèi édù yǒuxiàn, xuéxiào bìxū yōuxiān zhīchí zuì pòqiè de shíyàn xiàngmù. Because the special funding quota is limited, the school must prioritise the most urgent experimental projects.
  • 这张信用卡的额度是多少? Zhè zhāng xìnyòngkǎ de édù shì duōshao? What is the limit on this credit card?
  • 本月的购物额度已经用完了,只能下个月再买。 Běn yuè de gòuwù édù yǐjīng yòng wán le, zhǐ néng xià gè yuè zài mǎi. This month's shopping allowance is used up, so I can only buy it next month.

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