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转送 (zhuǎn sòng) — to pass on; to forward (a message or item); to regift; to make a present of something one has received

Definition

转送 (zhuǎnsòng) has two distinct senses: forwarding something (a message, file, item) to someone else, and regifting — passing on a gift one has received. The 把 construction is common in both, marking the thing being passed along.

verb
to pass onto forward (a message or item)to regiftto make a present of something one has received

Examples

  • 转送。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge xiāo xi zhuǎn sòng gěi tā.
    Please pass this message on to him.
  • 转送。
    Tā bǎ wǒ gěi tā de lǐ wù yòu zhuǎn sòng gěi le bié rén.
    He forwarded the gift I gave him to someone else.
  • ，转送。
    Wǒ bù xǐ huan zhè ge, jiù zhuǎn sòng gěi péng you le.
    I didn't like this, so I gave it to a friend.

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
送sòngsend

转 and 送 both involve moving something onward, together giving pass on or forward.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk
Sound part声符shēngfú
灷
灷zhuàn送sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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