Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
送
sòng
Description
"送"是一个很常用的字，可以表示把东西给别人，也可以表示陪一个人去某个地方。
"送" is a very common character, which can mean giving something to someone or accompanying someone to a place.
过生日的时候，我们常常会送礼物给朋友。
On birthdays, we often 送 gifts to friends.
Meanings
送sòng
to give something as a gift
我送了一本书给他。
I gave him a book.
送sòng
to see off; to accompany someone somewhere
妈妈每天送我去学校。
Mom takes me to school every day.
送sòng
to deliver; to send something
他把外卖送到我家。
He delivered the takeout to my house.
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Notes
- Nuance
送 means to hand-deliver or give in person, while 寄 means to send by mail.
- Etymology
The 辶 (walking) radical shows the original sense of moving or escorting something.
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