奖券

獎券

jiǎngquàn

noun #34,591

Measure Word

一张奖券 zhāng

Meanings

1 raffle ticket
2 lottery ticket
3 prize coupon

Characters

ticket / certificate

Examples

HSK 5

活动现场每人都能领一张奖券。

Huódòng xiànchǎng měi rén dōu néng lǐng yì zhāng jiǎngquàn.

Everyone at the event can pick up one raffle ticket.

HSK 6

我买了一张奖券，希望能中奖。

Wǒ mǎi le yì zhāng jiǎngquàn, xīwàng néng zhòngjiǎng.

I bought a raffle ticket, hoping to win a prize.

Tips

usage

Compare 奖券 (raffle ticket, drawn against tickets distributed at an event) with 彩票 (cǎipiào, 'lottery ticket' bought at official lottery outlets) and 彩券 (cǎiquàn, the Taiwan word for lottery tickets). 奖券 emphasizes the ticket-as-coupon side; 彩票 emphasizes the betting side.

memory

奖 'prize / reward' + 券 'ticket / certificate', a ticket that may win a prize.

Stroke Order

奖 jiǎng

券 quàn