Chinese Conversation · Level 80
91 words
Chinese word
招领
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhāo lǐng
Meaning
- nounlost-and-found office
Example
车站的招领处在二楼大厅。chē zhàn de zhāo lǐng chù zài èr lóu dà tīng
The station's lost-and-found office is in the lobby on the second floor.
More examples
服务台旁贴着一张招领启事，写着有人在图书馆捡到手机。fú wù tái páng tiē zhe yì zhāng zhāo lǐng qǐ shì xiě zhe yǒu rén zài tú shū guǎn jiǎn dào shǒu jī
A lost-and-found notice is posted beside the service desk, saying that someone found a cell phone in the library.
Core concept
A public system that keeps a found item while calling its owner to collect it.
Common phrases
招领处zhāo lǐng chù
lost-and-found office
招领启事zhāo lǐng qǐ shì
lost-and-found notice
招领柜台zhāo lǐng guì tái
lost-and-found counter
Similar words
失物招领处shī wù zhāo lǐng chù: A lost-and-found counter where found items are received, kept safe, and given back to their owners.
失物shī wù: Something that its owner has lost or cannot currently find.
服务台fú wù tái: A public counter for giving information and carrying out routine procedures.
Definition in Chinese
指通过公告或窗口保管并暂时留置遗失物，以便原物主前来领取或认领的行为、场所或服务。zhǐ tōng guò gōng gào huò chuāng kǒu báo guǎn bìng zàn shí liú zhì yí shī wù yǐ biàn yuán wù zhǔ qián lái líng qǔ huò rèn lǐng de xíng wéi cháng suǒ huò fú wù
Word origin
招领 (zhāolǐng, "call for a claimant") combines 招 (zhāo, "call") + 领 (lǐng, "receive"), linking the notice or holding service to the owner's eventual collection.
Usage tips
- English learners may expect one noun to mean only the room or counter, but the Chinese term can refer to the whole return operation when context does not specify a physical location.
Other meanings
- lost property desknoun
- lost property roomnoun
Opposites
- 寻物xún wùsearch for lost propertynoun
Related words
- 招领处zhāo lǐng chùlost-and-found officenoun
- 招领启事zhāo lǐng qǐ shìlost-and-found noticenoun