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转入 (zhuǎn rù) — to shift to, to switch to, to transfer to (a new state, place, or topic)

Definition

转入 (zhuǎnrù) means to shift or transfer into a new state, topic, or account — the result of a change, not the act of changing itself. It is more formal than 换 (huàn, to switch/exchange).

verb
to shift toto switch toto transfer to (a new state, place, or topic)

Examples

  • 转入。
    Qǐng zhuǎn rù xià yí gè huà tí.
    Please switch to the next topic.
  • 转入。
    Gōng sī zhuǎn rù le xīn de fā zhǎn jiē duàn.
    The company has entered a new stage of development.
  • 转入。
    Zhè bǐ qián yǐ jīng zhuǎn rù wǒ de zhàng hù le.
    This sum of money has been transferred to my account.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

转zhuǎnturn/transfer
入rùenter

转 gives turning or transferring and 入 gives entering, so the action moves into a new place or state.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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