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运输车 (yùn shū chē) — transport vehicle, truck (for moving goods)

Definition

noun
transport vehicletruck (for moving goods)
Measure word · 辆

Examples

  • 运输车。
    Zhè liàng yùn shū chē yòng lái yùn huò.
    This transport vehicle is used to carry goods.
  • 运输车。
    Gōng sī de yùn shū chē měi tiān dōu yào sòng huò.
    The company's transport vehicle delivers goods every day.
  • 运输车。
    Wǒ kāi yùn shū chē gěi shāng diàn sòng dōng xī.
    I drive the transport vehicle to deliver things to the shop.

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shūconvey
联合Coordinate
车chēvehicle

运输 brings together 运 and 输 as carrying goods, and 车 is a vehicle, giving a transport vehicle.

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.

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 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →
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