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货运 (huò yùn) — freight transport; the activity of transporting goods by commercial means; freight the goods being transported

Definition

货运 is the noun for the activity of transporting goods commercially — the transport industry itself, not the goods (those are 货物) or the fee (运费). For shipping by sea, see 航运.

noun
freight transportthe activity of transporting goods by commercial meansfreight the goods being transported

Examples

  • 货运。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de huò yùn yè wù fù gài quán guó.
    This company's freight transport business covers the whole country.
  • 货运，。
    Wǒ men xuǎn zé háng kōng huò yùn, yīn wèi sù dù gèng kuài.
    We chose air freight because it's faster.
  • 货运货运。
    Tiě lù huò yùn bǐ gōng lù huò yùn chéng běn dī hěn duō.
    Rail freight costs much less than road freight.

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.

货huògoods
运yùntransport

'货运' joins 货 and 运, the transport of goods.

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà貨huò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

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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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