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转让 (zhuǎn ràng) — to transfer (ownership, rights, etc.)

Definition

转让 is the formal, often legal term for transferring ownership or rights (property, patents, company shares). Heavier and more official than 转交 (just passing something along) and 移交 (handing over duties/documents).

verb
to transfer (ownership, rights, etc.)

Examples

  • 转让。
    Tā jué dìng bǎ gōng sī zhuǎn ràng gěi ér zi.
    He decided to transfer the company to his son.
  • 转让。
    Zhè tào fáng zi de zhuǎn ràng shǒu xù yǐ jīng bàn wán le.
    The transfer procedures for this house have been completed.
  • 转让。
    Shuāng fāng qiān shǔ le zhuǎn ràng zhuān lì quán de xié yì.
    Both parties signed an agreement to transfer the patent rights.

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zhuǎntransfer
让ràngyield

转 and 让 both express handing over or yielding, together meaning to transfer ownership.

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 →

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 讓; 让 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
襄
襄xiāng讓ràng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 讓 combines 言, showing speech, with 襄, giving the sound; the evidence links it to criticizing or reproaching. The simplified 让 is a later shorthand.

Open 让 →
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