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输送 (shū sòng) — to transport, to convey, to deliver

Definition

输送 emphasizes sending something along a channel or route (oil in a pipeline, data through a system, people to a destination) — broader in medium than 运输, which focuses on carrying goods and materials.

verb
to transportto conveyto deliver

Examples

  • 输送。
    Zhè tiáo tiě lù yòng lái shū sòng méi tàn dào gè dì.
    This railway is used to transport coal to various places.
  • 输送。
    Qǐ yè měi nián dōu shū sòng dà liàng jì shù rén cái dào guó wài péi xùn.
    Every year the company sends a large number of technical personnel abroad for training.
  • 输送。
    Zhè ge xì tǒng kě yǐ kuài sù shū sòng shù jù hé xìn hào.
    This system can quickly transmit data and signals.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

输shūtransport
送sòngdeliver

输 and 送 both convey moving something along, so together they mean transport or deliver.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
俞
俞yú輸shū
Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

Open 输 →

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.

Open 送 →
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