转接 (zhuǎn jiē) — transfer (of a call or connection); switching;…

Definition

Refers to routing or redirecting an ongoing connection — such as a phone call or network signal — from one point to another.

noun

transfer (of a call or connection)switchingrelay

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Zhè ge diàn huà zhuǎn jiē xì tǒng fēi cháng wěn dìng.
This telephone transfer system is very stable.
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Wǎng luò zhuǎn jiē de sù dù hěn kuài.
The speed of network switching is very fast.
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Nǐ xū yào jìn xíng yí cì zhuǎn jiē.
You need to perform a transfer.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

转 turning or transferring joins with 接 connecting, so a call is passed and taken over.

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.

車專轉

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌妾接

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

妾

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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