运输船 (yùn shū chuán) — cargo ship | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cargo ship

Measure word · 艘

Examples

运输船。
Zhè sōu yùn shū chuán jiāng huò wù cóng shàng hǎi yùn wǎng xīn jiā pō.
This cargo ship transports goods from Shanghai to Singapore.
运输船，。
yùn shū chuán De sù dù bǐ kè chuán màn, dàn zài zhòng liàng dà de duō.
Cargo ships are slower than passenger ships, but their carrying capacity is much larger.
运输船，。
Gōng sī xīn dìng gòu le yì sōu dà xíng yùn shū chuán, yòng yú yuǎn yáng yùn shū.
The company ordered a new large cargo ship for ocean shipping.

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yùncarry输shūsend

联合Side by side

船chuánship

运输 names carrying goods, and 船 is the vessel that does it.

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.

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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.

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.

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