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    Expressing transporting with 运 (yùn)

    Actions & Events
    Direction & Movement

    Structure

    Subject + 运 + 了 + Object

    Explanation

    运 (yùn) means "to transport," "to ship," or "to carry" and refers to moving goods or materials from one place to another. It often appears in compound words like 运输 (transportation) and 运送 (to deliver). It can be followed by 了 and a quantity phrase to indicate what was transported.

    Examples

    • 这批货物明天就能运到上海。

      zhè pī huòwù míngtiān jiù néng yùn dào shànghǎi.

      This batch of goods can be shipped to Shanghai by tomorrow.

    • 他们用卡车把物资运到了灾区。

      tāmen yòng kǎchē bǎ wùzī yùn dào le zāiqū.

      They used trucks to transport supplies to the disaster area.

    • 工厂每天要运出上千箱产品。

      gōngchǎng měitiān yào yùn chū shàng qiān xiāng chǎnpǐn.

      The factory needs to ship out over a thousand boxes of products every day.

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