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电汇 (diàn huì) — to wire money, to remit by telegraphic transfer

Definition

A formal term for sending money electronically by bank wire (电 + 汇 'remit'). Used in banking contexts; contrast with the everyday 汇款, which covers any way of remitting.

verb
to wire moneyto remit by telegraphic transfer

Examples

  • 电汇。
    Wǒ xū yào diàn huì yì bǐ qián gěi tā zài guó wài.
    I need to wire a sum of money to him abroad.
  • ，。
    Wǒ zuó tiān diàn le yí cì huì, yīng gāi yǐ jīng dào zhàng le.
    I wired money yesterday; it should have arrived in the account.
  • 电汇。
    diàn huì Shǒu xù fèi bǐ xiàn jīn huì kuǎn dī.
    The wire transfer fee is lower than that of a cash remittance.

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.

电diàntelegram
汇huìremit

电 gives telegram and 汇 gives remit, so the word means to remit by telegram.

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
雨雨yǔrain
Sound part声符shēngfú
申
申shēn電diàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

Open 电 →

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 →
Appears in
Finance & Banking

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