运输业 (yùn shū yè) — transportation industry; transport sector

Definition

noun
transportation industrytransport sector

Examples

  • 运输业。
    Zhōng guó de yùn shū yè fā zhǎn dé fēi cháng kuài.
    China's transportation industry has developed very quickly.
  • 运输业。
    Tā zài yùn shū yè gōng zuò le shí nián.
    He has worked in the transport sector for ten years.
  • 运输业。
    yùn shū yè Shì guó mín jīng jì de zhòng yào zǔ chéng bù fen.
    The transportation industry is an important part of the national economy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

运输transport
运yùncarry输shūconvey
联合Side by side
业yèindustry

运输 means transport and 业 means industry, together naming the transport sector.

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 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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