输入 (shū rù) — to input (data, information); to import (goods)

Definition

输入 covers both digital data entry and bringing goods in from abroad. Use 输入 for typing/loading data; 进口 is more common for importing goods.

verb

to input (data, information)to import (goods)

输入。
Qǐng bǎ mì mǎ shū rù dào xì tǒng lǐ.
Please input the password into the system.
输入。
Zhè jiā gōng sī cóng guó wài shū rù le hěn duō jī qì.
This company imported a lot of machines from abroad.
输入。
Nǐ xū yào zài biǎo gé lǐ shū rù nǐ de míng zì hé dì zhǐ.
You need to input your name and address in the form.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

输shūtransport

输 (transport) plus 入 (in) gives the sense of bringing something inward.

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 輸; 输 is its simplified writing.

車俞輸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jū

Sound part声符shēngfú

俞

俞yú輸shū

Same sound today

The traditional form 輸 pairs 車 (vehicle) with 俞 for sound; 車 shows the meaning.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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