回送

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present) to deliver; to carry; to give (as a present); to present (with); to see off; to send
trad. (回送/迴送)		回/迴	送
simp. (回送)		回	送

Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 回(かい)送(そう) (kaisō, “deadheading”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huísòng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huísòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéisòng
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-sung⁴
  - Yale: hwéi-sùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweisonq
  - Palladius: хуэйсун (xuejsun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ sʊŋ⁵¹/

Verb

回送

(rail transport) dead mileage, deadrunning, deadheading.
- 在安排加開客車的回送計劃時，各鐵路局要充分利用客流，盡量組織重車回送，減少運力浪費。 [MSC, trad.]
  在安排加开客车的回送计划时，各铁路局要充分利用客流，尽量组织重车回送，减少运力浪费。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: [1]
  Zài ānpái jiākāi kèchē de huísòng jìhuà shí, gè tiělùjú yào chōngfēn lìyòng kèliú, jìnliàng zǔzhī zhòngchē huísòng, jiǎnshào yùnlì làngfèi. [Pinyin]
  When making the deadheading plan for additional passenger trains, the railway bureaus should make full use of the passenger flow and try their best to organize the deadheading trains with capacity to reduce the waste of transportation capacity.

Derived terms

有火回送
無火回送 / 无火回送
重車 / 重车

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	送
かい Grade: 2	そう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
廻送

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいそー [kàísóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iso̞ː]

Noun

回(かい)送(そう) • (kaisō) ^{←くわいそう (kwaisou)^?}

Verb

回(かい)送(そう)する • (kaisō suru) ^{←くわいそう (kwaisou)^?}transitive suru (stem 回(かい)送(そう)し (kaisō shi), past 回(かい)送(そう)した (kaisō shita))

to forward; to send on; to pass on
to deadhead

Conjugation

Conjugation of "回送する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	回送し	かいそうし	kaisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	回送し	かいそうし	kaisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	回送する	かいそうする	kaisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	回送する	かいそうする	kaisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	回送すれ	かいそうすれ	kaisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	回送せよ¹ 回送しろ²	かいそうせよ¹ かいそうしろ²	kaisō seyo¹ kaisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	回送される	かいそうされる	kaisō sareru
Causative	回送させる回送さす	かいそうさせるかいそうさす	kaisō saseru kaisō sasu
Potential	回送できる	かいそうできる	kaisō dekiru
Volitional	回送しよう	かいそうしよう	kaisō shiyō
Negative	回送しない	かいそうしない	kaisō shinai
Negative continuative	回送せず	かいそうせず	kaisō sezu
Formal	回送します	かいそうします	kaisō shimasu
Perfective	回送した	かいそうした	kaisō shita
Conjunctive	回送して	かいそうして	kaisō shite
Hypothetical conditional	回送すれば	かいそうすれば	kaisō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“回送”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	送

Noun

回送 • (hoesong) (hangeul 회송)

hanja form^? of 회송 (“dead mileage”)