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托运 (tuō yùn) — to check (baggage) for air or train travel; to consign (goods) for shipment

Definition

托运 means handing off physical items (luggage, goods) to a carrier for transport — the object is always concrete cargo, not people. Unlike 托付 (entrusting a task or person), 托运 has no person-to-person trust sense.

verb
to check (baggage) for air or train travelto consign (goods) for shipment

Examples

  • 托运。
    Wǒ tuō yùn le liǎng jiàn xíng li dào běi jīng.
    I checked two pieces of luggage to Beijing.
  • 托运。
    Zhè xiē huò wù xū yào tuō yùn dào guó wài.
    These goods need to be consigned abroad.
  • 托运。
    Qǐng bǎ tuō yùn de xíng li fàng zài zhè lǐ.
    Please put the checked baggage here.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

托tuōentrust
运yùntransport

托 (entrust) and 运 (transport) combine to mean consigning goods for transport.

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
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
乇
乇tuō托tuō
Same sound today

托 is built from 手 (hand) and 乇, which gives the sound tuō.

Open 托 →

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 →
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