HSK · Level 33
135 words
Chinese word
捎
Pronunciation
Pinyinshāo
Meaning
- verbtake along
Example
你能不能帮我捎个包裹给他？nǐ néng bù néng bāng wǒ shāo gè bāo guǒ gěi tā
Could you take a package to him for me?
More examples
下次见面时，麻烦你给她捎句话，说我会迟到。xià cì jiàn miàn shí má fán nǐ gěi tā shāo jù huà shuō wǒ huì chí dào
Next time we meet, please pass on a message to her saying that I will be late.
Core concept
One person's journey becomes a bridge for a thing or a message to reach someone else.
Common phrases
给他捎个包裹gěi tā shāo gè bāo guǒ
take him a package
给她捎句话gěi tā shāo jù huà
pass on a message to her
顺便捎点儿东西shùn biàn shāo diǎnr dōng xī
take something along on the way
Similar words
带dài: Carry or take a person or thing to another place.
送sòng: Take a person or thing to the place where it needs to arrive.
拿ná: Carry something by holding it in the hand.
递dì: Pass something straight from the hand to another person's hand.
Definition in Chinese
顺路替别人带东西到对方手里；也可指顺便传话或传达信息，语体偏口语化。shùn lù tì bié rén dài dōng xī dào duì fāng shóu lǐ yě kě zhǐ shùn biàn chuán huà huò chuán dá xìn xī yú tǐ piān kóu yǔ huà
Word origin
The character 捎 (shāo, "take along") uses 扌 (shǒu, "hand") as its meaning component and 肖 (xiāo, "sound marker") for pronunciation, which connects its written form with carrying by hand.
Usage tips
- This word belongs naturally to relaxed everyday conversation and sounds less suitable for formal notices or official procedures.
Other meanings
- pass onverb
- deliververb
Opposites
- 接收jiē shōureceiveverb
- 留下liú xiàleave behindverb
Related words
- 捎带shāo dàitake alongverb
- 捎信shāo xìnsend a letterverb
- 捎话shāo huàpass on a messageverb