托运 (tuōyùn) · to check in (luggage)

托运 (tuōyùn) means “to check in (luggage); to ship”. It is written with 2 characters: 托 (to raise) + 运 (to run). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 托运 is built

What 托 is made of

扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
乇tuō — to depend on
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 七qī — seven
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 乚 — hook stroke

What 运 is made of

辶 — walking, moving
云yún — (classical) to say
- 二 — two strokes
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private

Origin hint: 辶 gives the meaning, 云 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

我把大箱子托运了。Wǒ bǎ dà xiāngzi tuōyùn le.I checked in the big suitcase.

这些货物要用火车托运。Zhèxiē huòwù yào yòng huǒchē tuōyùn.These goods will be shipped by train.

What does 托运 mean?

托运 (tuōyùn) means “to check in (luggage); to ship”.

How do you pronounce 托运?

托运 is pronounced tuōyùn.

Which HSK level is 托运?

托运 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 托运 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 184: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.