邮 (yóu) — to mail, to post
Definition
Shortened form of 邮寄 ('to mail, to post'), almost always used with 寄 in the verb-object pattern 邮寄 — e.g. 邮寄一封信.
verb
to mailto post
Examples
- 。Wǒ míng tiān qù yóu jú gěi nǐ yóu jì yì fēng xìn.I'll go to the post office tomorrow to mail a letter to you.
- 。Zhè xiē wén jiàn xū yào jǐn kuài yóu jì chū qù.These documents need to be mailed out as soon as possible.
- 。Tā yóu jì le yí gè bāo guǒ dào shàng hǎi.He mailed a package to Shanghai.
Origin
Compound ideograph六书liùshū
会意huìyìTwo or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 郵; 邮 is its simplified writing.
The traditional form 郵 pairs 垂 (“far, remote”) with 邑 (“city”) to show a relay station; the simplified 邮 is a later shorthand.
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