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邮递 (yóu dì) — to send by post or mail; to mail

Definition

verb
to send by post or mailto mail

Examples

  • 邮递。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè fēng xìn yóu dì dào běi jīng.
    Please send this letter to Beijing by mail.
  • 邮递。
    Xiàn zài hěn duō rén xuǎn zé yòng kuài dì ér bú shì pǔ tōng yóu dì.
    Now many people choose express delivery rather than regular mail.
  • 邮递。
    Zhè ge bāo guǒ xū yào yóu dì dào guó wài.
    This package needs to be mailed abroad.

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.

邮yóupost
递dìdeliver

"邮" post and "递" deliver combine to mean sending something through the mail.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 郵; 邮 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 郵 pairs 垂 (“far, remote”) with 邑 (“city”) to show a relay station; the simplified 邮 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
弟
弟dì递dì
Same sound today

递 is built from 辶 (written in full as 辵) and 弟; 辶 is the meaning part and 弟 is the sound part.

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