投递 (tóu dì) — to deliver (mail, packages, documents, etc.)

Definition

verb

to deliver (mail, packages, documents, etc.)

投递。
Kuài dì yuán měi tiān yào tóu dì shàng bǎi gè bāo guǒ.
Couriers have to deliver hundreds of packages every day.
投递。
Qǐng bǎ zhè ge wén jiàn tóu dì dào èr lóu bàn gōng shì.
Please deliver this document to the office on the second floor.
投递。
Nà fēng xìn yǐ jīng tóu dì chū qù le.
That letter has already been sent out.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

递dìhand over

投 (send) and 递 (hand over) are parallel actions.

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.

扌殳投

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

殳

殳shū投tóu

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 殳 gives the sound of the character.

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

辶弟递

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

弟

Same sound today

递 is built from 辶 (written in full as 辵) and 弟; 辶 is the meaning part and 弟 is the sound part.

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