装货 (zhuāng huò) — to load cargo / freight / goods (onto a vehicle) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

装货 is the verb for 'loading cargo/freight onto a vehicle or ship' — describes the action of putting goods on, not transporting them. Pairs naturally with 往…上 (‘onto’).

verb

to load cargo / freight / goods (onto a vehicle)

Examples

装货。
Gōng rén men zhèng zài wǎng chuán shàng zhuāng huò.
The workers are loading cargo onto the ship.
。
Wǒ yǐ jīng zhuāng le sān xiǎo shí huò le.
I have been loading cargo for three hours already.
。
Jīn tiān zhī zhuāng le yí cì huò.
We only loaded cargo once today.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

装 (to load) + 货 (goods) names the action of putting goods onto a vehicle.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

壯衣裝

Meaning part形符xíngfú

衣衣yīclothes

Sound part声符shēngfú

壯

壯zhuàng裝zhuāng

Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

化貝貨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

貝貝bèishell, money

Sound part声符shēngfú

化

化huà貨huò

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

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

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