汇入 (huì rù) — to converge, to flow into (especially of rivers); (computing) to import (data)

Definition

Used for streams or rivers joining a larger body of water, and (in computing) for importing data into a system. More specific than 流进, which describes any liquid flowing into something.

verb
to convergeto flow into (especially of rivers)(computing) to import (data)

Examples

  • 汇入。
    Zhè tiáo xiǎo hé zuì zhōng huì rù dà hǎi.
    This small river eventually flows into the sea.
  • 汇入。
    Dà jiāng huì rù hǎi yáng de dì fāng xíng chéng le sān jiǎo zhōu.
    The place where the great river flows into the ocean has formed a delta.
  • 汇入。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn zī liào huì rù shù jù kù.
    Please import this data into the database.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

汇huìconverge
入rùinto

汇 is to converge, and 入 adds the direction 'into', giving flow into.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 匯; 汇 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 汇 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (汇, 汇款) it is 匯; in others (词汇, 汇报) it is 彙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
匚匚fāng
Sound part声符shēngfú
淮
淮huái匯huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 匯 is built from 匚 as a meaning part and 淮 as a sound part.

Open 汇 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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