转给 (zhuǎn gěi) — to pass on to, to transfer to (by giving to someone else)

Definition

A verb-object phrase: pass something on to another person by handing it over. Used in 把-constructions (把…转给…) where the recipient receives what was previously given to you. Translates to 'hand/pass on to'.

verb
to pass on toto transfer to (by giving to someone else)

Examples

  • 转给。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè fēng xìn zhuǎn gěi jīng lǐ.
    Please pass this letter on to the manager.
  • 转给。
    Wǒ yǐ jīng bǎ wén jiàn zhuǎn gěi kè hù le.
    I've already forwarded the documents to the client.
  • 转给？
    Nǐ néng bāng wǒ zhuǎn gěi tā yì běn shū ma?
    Can you help me pass a book on to him?

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

转zhuǎntransfer
给gěigive

"转" conveys moving something onward and "给" adds the sense of passing it to someone.

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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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 給; 给 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé給gěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 給 uses 糸 (silk) for meaning and 合 for sound, and its old sense was rich, abundant, perhaps referring to precious silk; 给 is a later simplified form.

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