装运 (zhuāng yùn) — to load and transport; to ship

Definition

A formal/logistics term meaning 'to load and transport' goods, used in shipping and freight contexts. Unlike 运 alone (which can also mean 'to transport people'), 装运 emphasizes both loading the cargo and moving it.

verb
to load and transportto ship

Examples

  • 装运。
    Zhè pī huò wù xū yào jǐn kuài zhuāng yùn dào shàng hǎi.
    This batch of goods needs to be shipped to Shanghai as soon as possible.
  • 装运。
    Gōng sī zū le yì sōu huò lún lái zhuāng yùn shè bèi.
    The company chartered a cargo ship to load and transport the equipment.
  • 装运。
    Tā men yòng kǎ chē bǎ jiàn zhù cái liào zhuāng yùn dào gōng dì.
    They used trucks to load and transport the construction materials to the site.

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.

装zhuāngload
运yùntransport

装 (load) and 运 (transport) combine to mean moving goods after packing.

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 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

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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