票 piào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
票房
piàofáng
box office; box-office receipts
Characters in this word
房 fáng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部片子的票房虽然破纪录，但口碑并未同步提升。 Zhè bù piānzi de piàofáng suīrán pò jìlù, dàn kǒubēi bìng wèi tóngbù tíshēng. Although the film broke box-office records, its reputation did not improve at the same pace.
- 这部电影上映第一周，票房就突破了一亿。 Zhè bù diànyǐng shàngyìng dì yī zhōu, piàofáng jiù tūpò le yí yì. In its first week of release, the film's box office had already passed one hundred million.
- 过年的时候，喜剧片的票房一般都很高。 Guònián de shíhou, xǐjùpiàn de piàofáng yìbān dōu hěn gāo. Around New Year, comedies usually take a lot at the box office.