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转交 (zhuǎn jiāo) — to pass on; to forward; to transmit (to someone)

Definition

Used for physically handing something over to someone else (a package, letter, document). 比 转告 more concrete — it passes an object, not a verbal message.

verb
to pass onto forwardto transmit (to someone)

Examples

  • 转交。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge bāo guǒ zhuǎn jiāo gěi tā.
    Please pass this package on to him.
  • 转交。
    Wǒ de tóng shì zhuǎn jiāo le yí fèn jǐn jí wén jiàn gěi wǒ.
    My colleague forwarded an urgent document to me.
  • 转交，。
    Tā zhuǎn jiāo le zhè fēng xìn, dàn wàng le shì shuí jì de.
    He passed on this letter but forgot who sent it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

转zhuǎnpass on
交jiāohand over

转 and 交 both express passing something on, together meaning to forward it.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

Open 转 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

交 originally drew a human with crossed legs. In the modern shape, the upper part resembles a standing person.

Open 交 →
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