递送 (dì sòng) — to deliver (a letter, package, etc.) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to deliver (a letter, package, etc.)

Examples

递送。
Qǐng bǎ zhè fēng xìn dì sòng dào běi jīng.
Please deliver this letter to Beijing.
递送。
Kuài dì gōng sī měi tiān dì sòng dà liàng de bāo guǒ.
The courier company delivers a large number of packages every day.
递送。
Tā fù zé dì sòng jǐn jí wén jiàn.
He is responsible for delivering urgent documents.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

递 and 送 both involve passing or sending, giving the sense of delivery.

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.

辶弟递

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuò

Sound part声符shēngfú

弟

弟dì递dì

Same sound today

递 is built from 辶 (written in full as 辵) and 弟; 辶 is the meaning part and 弟 is the sound part.

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.

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