票
ticket; money; ransom; amateur performance; surname
Meanings
6 senses · 27 examplesnoun
ticket; voucher; paper certificate
neutralRefers to printed paper used as proof of purchase, admission, or identity.
I bought a high-speed rail ticket to go home for the Spring Festival.
Please show your movie ticket before entering the theater.
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Airplane tickets at the airport have gone up a lot in price.
All the performance tickets have been sold out.
He lost his admission ticket for the concert.
noun
banknote; bill; cash
informalUsed in colloquial speech, often with the diminutive suffix 儿.
This stall only accepts cash, not WeChat Pay or large denomination bills.
I got some small change bills to take the bus.
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He took out a stack of cash bills to pay for the meal.
This small shop does not accept 100-yuan banknotes.
I don't have small change, can you break this 50-yuan bill for me?
noun
ransom hostage; kidnapping victim
neutralAlmost always used with the diminutive suffix 儿, refers to the kidnapped person held for ransom.
The kidnappers abducted the wealthy businessman's son as a hostage to demand ransom.
The family spent 5 million yuan to redeem the kidnapped hostage.
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The police successfully rescued the hostage who had been held for three days.
The ransom for this kidnapped hostage is as high as 10 million yuan.
The police are fully investigating the whereabouts of the kidnapped hostage.
measure word
batch; lot; parcel
dialectUsed in northern dialects to quantify goods, businesses, or transactions.
The company has imported a new batch of goods, which will be on sale next week.
We finalized a business deal with considerable profits.
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This batch of transactions earned him a lot of money.
A batch of seafood just docked at the pier.
He received an order from a batch of out-of-town clients.
noun
amateur theatrical performance; hobbyist performance
neutralRefers to amateur opera performances or people who perform opera as a hobby, often used with 儿.
After retiring, he enjoys amateur opera performances with his fellow hobbyists.
This community holds an amateur opera event every year.
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He is a well-known Peking opera hobbyist.
They organized an amateur opera troupe.
This amateur opera performance attracted many opera fans.
noun
surname Piào
neutralUsed as a Chinese family name.
Teacher Piào is the Chinese teacher at our school.
Mr. Piào is a famous collector.