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押运 (yā yùn) — to escort (goods) during transportation

Definition

押运 (yāyùn) means to accompany valuable goods in transit as a guard — more specific than 运输, focused on protection of cash, documents, or high-value items.

verb
to escort (goods) during transportation

Examples

  • 押运。
    Zhè pī huò wù xū yào yā yùn dào shàng hǎi.
    This batch of goods needs to be escorted to Shanghai.
  • 押运。
    Gōng sī pài le liǎng gè rén yā yùn zhè xiē guì zhòng wù pǐn.
    The company sent two people to escort these valuable items.
  • 押运。
    Yā yùn yuán fù zé yā yùn xiàn jīn hé zhòng yào wén jiàn.
    The escort officer is responsible for escorting cash and important documents.

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.

押yāescort
运yùntransport

押 means escorting, and 运 means transporting, so the action is transporting goods under escort.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
甲
甲jiǎ押yā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

押 pairs 扌, a hand, with 甲, which gives the sound.

Open 押 →

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 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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