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转会 (zhuǎn huì) — to transfer (in professional sports, to another club)

Definition

Sports term for a professional player transferring to another club. Used mainly in football, basketball, etc. Pairs with 到 to mark the destination club.

verb
to transfer (in professional sports, to another club)

Examples

  • 转会。
    Zhè wèi qiú yuán xià gè sài jì huì zhuǎn huì dào lìng yì jiā jù lè bù.
    This player will transfer to another club next season.
  • 转会。
    Hěn duō zú qiú yùn dòng yuán dōu xiǎng zhuǎn huì dào ōu zhōu lián sài.
    Many football players want to transfer to European leagues.
  • 转会。
    Jù lè bù tóng yì tā zhuǎn huì dào duì shǒu qiú duì.
    The club agreed to let him transfer to a rival team.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

转zhuǎnchange
会huìclub

转会 combines 转 change with 会 club, meaning a player changes club or transfers registration.

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.

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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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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