Chinese word

搬运

Pronunciation

Pinyinbān yùn

Meaning

  • verbcarry

Example

我可以帮你搬运这些箱子吗？wǒ ké yǐ bāng nǐ bān yùn zhè xiē xiāng zi ma

Can I help you carry these boxes?

Illustration for 搬运 (carry)

More examples

请把这些箱子搬运到储物间。qǐng bǎ zhè xiē xiāng zi bān yùn dào chǔ wù jiān

Please carry these boxes to the storage room.

Core concept

The central image is a practical transfer job in which an object is physically moved between locations.

Common phrases

  • 搬运箱子bān yùn xiāng zi

    carry boxes

  • 搬运家具bān yùn jiā jù

    move furniture

  • 搬运行李bān yùn xíng lǐ

    carry luggage

Similar words

搬bān: Lift and move an object to another place by hand.
提tí: Lift and carry something by holding it with a hand or arm.
拿ná: Take something in the hand and hold or carry it.
运送yùn sòng: Transport goods to a destination by vehicle or by human effort.

Definition in Chinese

用手或借助工具将货物或物品从一处搬到另一处，强调具体的作业行为。yòng shǒu huò jiè zhù gōng jù jiāng huò wù huò wù pǐn cóng yí chù bān dào lìng yí chù qiáng diào jù tǐ de zuò yè xíng wéi

Word origin

搬 (bān, "move by hand") + 运 (yùn, "transport") combines handling an object with moving it along to another place, giving the word its focus on transporting goods as a concrete task.

Usage tips

  • In online Chinese, 搬运 (bānyùn, "to repost") refers to moving written or filmed content from one website or platform to another.

Other meanings

  • transportverb
  • shipverb
  • haulverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 搬运工bān yùn gōngporternoun
  • 搬运费bān yùn fèitransport feenoun

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