Ideographic: Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an offeringRadical:

meaning for piào:

  • - ticket
  • - ballot
  • - banknote
  • - Classifiers: 张
  • - person held for ransom
  • - amateur performance of Chinese opera
  • - classifier for groups, batches, business transactionsshare certificate
  • - stock (finance)to vote
  • - voteinvoice
  • - receipt or bill for purchase(postage) stamp
  • - Classifiers: 枚 ticket (for theater, cinema etc)

zhè
zhāng
piào
duōshao多少
qián

How much does this ticket cost?


tāmen他们
tíqián提前
yùdìng预定
le
hěnduō很多
piào

They booked a lot of tickets in advance.


qǐng
piào
fàngzài放在
xiàmiàn下面
de
chōuti抽屉

Please put the tickets in the bottom drawer.


rúguǒ如果
duì
tāmen他们
nàxiē那些
wūmiè污蔑
duìfāng对方
dehuà的话
xìnyǐwéizhēn信以为真
nàme那么
jiù
shéi
de
piào
búhuì不会
tóu
le

If you believed all the nasty names they called each other, you wouldn't vote for either one.