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转交

zhuǎnjiāo

to pass on, to hand over

Three people pass a red envelope from hand to hand
Memory picture

Characters in this word

转 zhuǎn

Strokes
8
Radical
车 — cart, vehicle
Made of
车 cart, vehicle 专 concentrated, specialized
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

交 jiāo

Strokes
6
Radical
亠 — lid, cover
Made of
六 six 乂 to govern
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 请把这份文档转交给负责审核的主管。 Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn wéndàng zhuǎnjiāo gěi fùzé shěnhé de zhǔguǎn. Please pass this document on to the supervisor responsible for reviewing it.
  • 我不在家的时候,快递会转交给邻居。 Wǒ bú zài jiā de shíhou, kuàidì huì zhuǎnjiāo gěi línjū. When I am not at home, the courier hands the parcel over to a neighbour.
  • 这封信麻烦你帮我转交给我的妈妈。 Zhè fēng xìn máfan nǐ bāng wǒ zhuǎnjiāo gěi wǒ de māma. Could you please pass this letter on to my mum for me?

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