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中转站 (zhōng zhuǎn zhàn) — transfer station; transit hub

Definition

noun
transfer stationtransit hub
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 中转站。
    Zuò dì tiě dào zhōng zhuǎn zhàn huàn chéng gōng jiāo.
    Take the subway to the transfer station and switch to the bus.
  • 中转站。
    Zhè ge zhōng zhuǎn zhàn měi tiān yǒu shàng wàn rén jīng guò.
    Tens of thousands of people pass through this transit hub every day.
  • 中转站。
    Huò wù zài zhōng zhuǎn zhàn chóng xīn fēn zhuāng hòu yùn wǎng gè dì.
    The goods are repackaged at the transfer station and then shipped to various places.

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.

中转transfer
中zhōngintermediate转zhuǎntransfer
偏正Modifier + head
站zhànstation

中 means intermediate and 转 means transfer, so together they describe a 站 station.

Characters in this word

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

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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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 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn站zhàn
Same sound today

站 has 立 on the left and 占 on the right; 立 relates to standing, and 占 gives the sound.

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