载 - zài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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10 strokes
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载 (載)

zài

Definition

to carry
to convey
to load
to hold
to fill up
and
also
as well as
simultaneously

Other pronunciations

zǎi

to record in writing
to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
Taiwan pr. [zai4]
year

Character Decomposition

Related words (50)

载人

zài rén

(of spaceships etc) manned; also pr. [zai3 ren2]

载体

zài tǐ

carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium

载客

zài kè

to take passengers on board

to carry; to bear

carrier wave

load; lading (weight)

freight; load

onboard (equipment); to ferry cars; missile trucks

载运

zài yùn

to convey (on vehicle); to freight

载途

zài tú

to cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc); distance (between locations)

载道

zài dào

to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint); to communicate a moral; to convey the Way; to express (idea, preference, complaint)

载重

zài zhòng

load; carrying capacity

载频

zài pín

frequency of carrier wave

载客车

zài kè chē

passenger train (or bus)

passenger capacity

payload

dead weight; weight capacity of a vehicle

lorry

weight-carrying capacity

载人轨道空间站

zài rén guǐ dào kōng jiān zhàn

manned orbiting space station

to upload

to download

to load (webpage, cargo etc)

half load

to disembark; to off-load cargo; to uninstall (software)

承载

chéng zài

to bear the weight; to sustain

拒载

jù zài

to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)

搭载

dā zài

to transport (people, a payload etc)

满载

mǎn zài

full to capacity; fully loaded

ship-based

to load; to stow

load

cargo

to overload

overload

to carry; to convey; delivery; supply

配载

pèi zài

cargo stowage (shipping)

payload

heavy load (on a truck)

carrying capacity

carrier-based aircraft

transport volume

words of truth; moral expressed in words; written article explaining a moral

payload

to return from a rewarding journey

车载斗量

chē zài dǒu liáng

(lit.) measured in cartloads and gallons; (fig.) by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots); innumerable

carrier rocket

communications load

xiǎn wēi jìng zài piàn

microscopic slide

隐蔽强迫下载

yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài

drive-by download (a form of malware booby-trap); silent drive-by download

Idioms (13)

载歌且舞

zài gē qiě wǔ

singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations

载歌载舞

zài gē zài wǔ

singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations

载舟覆舟

zài zhōu fù zhōu

to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

载酒问字

zài jiǔ wèn zì

a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)

厚德载物

hòu dé zài wù

with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

口碑载道

kǒu bēi zài dào

(lit.) praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation

怨声载道

yuàn shēng zài dào

(lit.) cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced

怨天载道

yuàn tiān zài dào

(lit.) cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around; discontent is openly voiced

悲声载道

bēi shēng zài dào

lamentations fill the roads (idiom); severe suffering all around

荆棘载途

jīng jí zài tú

(lit.) a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)

颂声载道

sòng shēng zài dào

(lit.) praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere; universal approbation

饿殍载道

è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

饿莩载道

è piǎo zài dào

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

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