Chinese symbol for “transport”
运输
yùn shū
Traditional: 運輸
to transport; to carry; transportation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for transport is 运输 (yùn shū), defined as: to transport; to carry; transportation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “transport”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运送 (運送) | yùn sòng | to transport; to carry |
| 输送 (輸送) | shū sòng | to transport; to convey; to deliver |
| 搬运 (搬運) | bān yùn | to transport; to carry; (coll.) to repost (content, esp. from another platform) |
| 运载 (運載) | yùn zài | to transport; to carry (goods, materials or people) |
| 贩运 (販運) | fàn yùn | to transport (for sale); to traffic (in sth) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 运输.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 运用 (運用) | yùn yòng | to use; to put to use |
| 运行 (運行) | yùn xíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation |
| 命运 (命運) | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 幸运 (幸運) | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 输入 (輸入) | shū rù | to import; to input |
| 输出 (輸出) | shū chū | to output; to deliver (energy, data, signals etc); to export (goods, services, technology etc) |
| 传输 (傳輸) | chuán shū | to transmit; transmission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “transport”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.