HSK 6 · Transport

托运 tuōyùn “to check in (luggage)” in Chinese

Traditional 托運

What 托运 means

  1. to check in (luggage)
  2. to ship
  3. to consign (goods)
  4. to check through (baggage)

How to say 托运

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale托tuō1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale运yùn4th tone, falling

托运 in a sentence

  1. 这个箱子太大了，得托运。

    Zhè ge xiāngzi tài dà le, de tuōyùn.

    This suitcase is too big; it’ll have to be checked in.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我把自行车托运回老家了。

    Wǒ bǎ zìxíngchē tuōyùn huí lǎojiā le.

    I shipped my bike back to my hometown.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 托运 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 托 (tuō) with each of its parts in a different colour
托tuōto hold up in one’s hand
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 乇to depend on · zhé
The character 运 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
运yùnto move
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

How to write 托运

托 6 strokes · 运 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

托运 (tuōyùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 托运 (tuōyùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 托运

Words with 托

摩托车mótuōchē · motorbike拜托bàituō · to ask a favour衬托chèntuō · to set off依托yītuō · to rely on寄托jìtuō · to place (hopes) on委托wěituō · to entrust

Words with 运

运动yùndòng · to exercise运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use幸运xìngyùn · fortunate运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)命运mìngyùn · fate运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run

More words: Everyday Things

刹车shāchē · to brake失事shīshì · (of a plane or ship) to crash隧道suìdào · tunnel停泊tíngbó · to anchor向导xiàngdǎo · guide引擎yǐnqíng · engine滞留zhìliú · to be stranded终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line

FAQs

托运 (tuōyùn) means “to check in (luggage)” or “to ship”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuōyùn: tuō with a 1st tone, then yùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 托运 is written 托運. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuoyun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 托运 from the suggestions. Typing tuoyun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
托运 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.