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转发 (zhuǎn fā) — to forward, to transmit (messages, emails, data)

Definition

Used for forwarding digital content (messages, files, links, emails) to someone. 转告 is for verbally passing on a message, while 转载 is republishing someone else's article or content.

verb
to forwardto transmit (messages, emails, data)

Examples

  • 转发。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge wén jiàn zhuǎn fā gěi wǒ.
    Please forward this document to me.
  • 转发。
    Tā zhuǎn fā le yì tiáo yǒu yì si de liàn jiē.
    He forwarded an interesting link.
  • 转发？
    Nǐ jì de zhuǎn fā nà fēng zhòng yào de xìn ma?
    Do you remember forwarding that important letter?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

转zhuǎntransfer
发fāsend

转 (transfer) and 发 (send) together mean passing something on and dispatching it.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

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HSK 3.0 Level 4Mail & MessagingComputers & Internet

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