寄送 (jì sòng) — to send (by mail or courier), to dispatch

Definition

verb
to send (by mail or courier)to dispatch

Examples

  • 寄送。
    Wǒ yǐ jīng bǎ wén jiàn jì sòng chū qù le.
    I've already sent the documents out.
  • 寄送。
    Zhè ge bāo guǒ xū yào jì sòng dào shàng hǎi.
    This package needs to be sent to Shanghai.
  • 寄送。
    Qǐng yòng kuài dì jì sòng zhè xiē lǐ wù.
    Please send these gifts by express delivery.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

寄jìsend
送sòngdeliver

「寄」 as send and 「送」 as deliver combine to mean mail or dispatch something.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánhouse
Sound part声符shēngfú
奇
奇qí寄jì
Same sound today

The 宀 part shows a roof, and 奇 gives the sound. Together they point to staying or lodging away from home.

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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.

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