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押送 (yā sòng) — to send under escort, to escort (a prisoner or goods)

Definition

Escort under guard — specifically for prisoners, suspects, or valuable/regulated goods. Conveys official authority, unlike 护送 (escort, often medical or protective) or 押运 (escort goods/cash over transit).

verb
to send under escortto escort (a prisoner or goods)

Examples

  • 押送。
    Jǐng fāng jiāng xián yí rén yā sòng dào kān shǒu suǒ.
    The police escorted the suspect to the detention center.
  • 押送。
    Zhè pī wén wù xū yào zhuān rén yā sòng.
    This batch of cultural relics needs to be escorted by specially assigned personnel.
  • 押送。
    Fàn rén bèi yā sòng qù fú xíng.
    The prisoner was taken under escort to serve his sentence.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

押yāescort/detain
送sòngsend

押 and 送 together express sending a person or goods while keeping them under guard.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
甲
甲jiǎ押yā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

押 pairs 扌, a hand, with 甲, which gives the sound.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk
Sound part声符shēngfú
灷
灷zhuàn送sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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Appears in
Crime & Police

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