运输机 (yùn shū jī) — transport plane, cargo aircraft

Definition

noun

transport planecargo aircraft

Measure word · 架

Examples

运输机。
Zhè jià yùn shū jī kě yǐ yùn sòng dà liàng wù zī.
This transport plane can carry a large amount of supplies.
运输机。
Jūn duì shǐ yòng yùn shū jī jìn xíng kōng tóu rèn wu.
The military uses transport planes for airdrop missions.
运输机。
yùn shū jī De zài zhòng liàng bǐ kè jī dà de duō.
The payload capacity of a cargo plane is much larger than that of a passenger plane.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

运输transport

运yùntransport输shūcarry

联合Coordinate

机jīmachine

运 and 输 both mean move or carry, and together specify 机, a machine, giving a cargo aircraft.

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 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòmotion

Sound part声符shēngfú

軍

軍jūn運yùn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

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.

Open 输 →