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传回 (chuán huí) — to transmit back (data, signals, information)

Definition

传回 is a directional verb compound: 传 ('transmit/send') + 回 ('back'), used when a device, signal, or data is sent back to its source. Distinct from 传送 (general 'transmit forward') and 传 ('pass on, spread') by the explicit 'back' direction.

verb
to transmit back (data, signals, information)

Examples

  • 传回。
    Wèi xīng chuán huí le zuì xīn de tú xiàng shù jù.
    The satellite transmitted back the latest image data.
  • 传回。
    Qǐng bǎ shí yàn jié guǒ chuán huí gěi zǒng bù.
    Please transmit back the experiment results to headquarters.
  • 传回。
    Shè bèi chuán huí le fēi cháng qīng xī de xìn hào.
    The equipment transmitted back very clear signals.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

传chuántransmit
回huíback

传 carries the idea of sending, and 回 points the action back to its source.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 傳; 传 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān傳chuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 傳 puts 人 (man) beside 專, which gives the sound; the simplified 传 is a later shorthand, and its parts are not the historical ones.

Open 传 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

Open 回 →
Appears in
Phones & Telecom

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