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送货员 (sòng huò yuán) — delivery person, deliveryman

Definition

noun
delivery persondeliveryman
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 送货员。
    sòng huò yuán Bǎ bāo guǒ fàng zài mén kǒu le.
    The deliveryman put the package at the door.
  • 送货员，。
    Wǒ dǎ diàn huà gěi sòng huò yuán, wèn tā shén me shí hou dào.
    I called the delivery person and asked when he would arrive.
  • 送货员。
    sòng huò yuán Měi tiān yào sòng hěn duō kuài dì.
    The deliveryman has to deliver many parcels every day.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

送货deliver goods
送sòngdeliver货huògoods
动宾Verb + object
员yuánperson

送货 (deliver goods) and 员 (person) combine to mean a person who delivers goods.

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.

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.

Open 送 →

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 貨; 货 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell, money
Sound part声符shēngfú
化
化huà貨huò
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 貨 pairs 化 (sound) with 貝 (shell, money) to write valuable goods; the simplified 货 is a shorthand.

Open 货 →

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →
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