shāo

to bring sth to sb

to deliver

hand (扌) + phonetic 肖 = pass something along by hand

The hand radical grounds the meaning in a physical act of passing something along. 肖 contributes the sound shāo and carries no direct meaning here.

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你去市场时能帮我点水果吗?

nǐ qù shì chǎng shí néng bāng wǒ shāo diǎn shuǐ guǒ ma?

when you go to the market, can you bring me some fruit?

他出差回来,给我了一盒当地的茶叶。

tā chū chāi huí lái,gěi wǒ shāo le yī hé dāng dì de chá yè。

when he came back from his work trip, he brought me a box of local tea leaves.

Words with 捎

捎来

shāo lái

to bring sth to sb (news etc)

捎信

shāo xìn

to take a letter

More characters with 扌