Chinese word

失物招领

Pronunciation

Pinyinshī wù zhāo lǐng

Meaning

  • nounlost and found office

Example

车站里有个失物招领处。chē zhàn lǐ yǒu gè shī wù zhāo lǐng chù

There is a lost and found office at the station.

Illustration for 失物招领 (lost and found office)

More examples

宿舍楼下的公告栏有一则失物招领启事。sù shè lóu xià de gōng gào lán yǒu yì zé shī wù zhāo lǐng qǐ shì

There is a lost-and-found notice on the bulletin board downstairs in the dormitory.

Core concept

A public channel for reporting, holding, and returning things that have been lost.

Common phrases

  • 失物招领处shī wù zhāo lǐng chù

    lost and found office

  • 失物招领启事shī wù zhāo lǐng qǐ shì

    lost-and-found notice

  • 到失物招领处dào shī wù zhāo lǐng chù

    go to the lost and found office

Similar words

招领处zhāo lǐng chù: A lost-and-found counter where people receive or return lost belongings.
失物招领处shī wù zhāo lǐng chù: The formal name for an office that collects, stores, and returns lost belongings.

Definition in Chinese

负责接收、登记和保管他人遗失的物品，并在找到或确认失主后将物品交还或通知失主的机构或场所。fù zé jiē shōu dēng jì hé báo guǎn tā rén yí shī de wù pǐn bìng zài zhǎo dào huò què rèn shī zhǔ hòu jiāng wù pǐn jiāo huán huò tōng zhī shī zhǔ de jī gòu huò cháng suǒ

Word origin

失 (shī, "lose") + 物 (wù, "thing") refers to a missing object, and 招 (zhāo, "call") + 领 (lǐng, "receive") describes inviting its owner to reclaim it.

Usage tips

  • At stations and schools, recognizing this label helps identify the place or announcement connected with recovering belongings, even when no English sign is provided.

Other meanings

  • lost-and-found noticenoun

Related words

  • 失物招领处shī wù zhāo lǐng chùlost and found officenoun
  • 失物招领启事shī wù zhāo lǐng qǐ shìlost-and-found noticenoun

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