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

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13 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

載 (载)

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)

載人

zài rén

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

載體

zài tǐ

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

載客

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

載運

zài yùn

to convey (on vehicle); to freight

載途

zài tú

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

載道

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)

載重

zài zhòng

load; carrying capacity

載頻

zài pín

frequency of carrier wave

載客車

zài kè chē

passenger train (or bus)

passenger capacity

payload

dead weight; weight capacity of a vehicle

lorry

weight-carrying capacity

載人軌道空間站

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)

承載

chéng zài

to bear the weight; to sustain

拒載

jù zài

to refuse to take a passenger (of taxi)

搭載

dā zài

to transport (people, a payload etc)

滿載

mǎn zài

full to capacity; fully loaded

ship-based

to load; to stow

load

cargo

to overload

overload

to carry; to convey; delivery; supply

配載

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

車載斗量

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

隱蔽強迫下載

yǐn bì qiǎng pò xià zài

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

Idioms (13)

載歌且舞

zài gē qiě wǔ

singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations

載歌載舞

zài gē zài wǔ

singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations

載舟覆舟

zài zhōu fù zhōu

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

載酒問字

zài jiǔ wèn zì

a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)

厚德載物

hòu dé zài wù

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

口碑載道

kǒu bēi zài dào

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

怨聲載道

yuàn shēng zài dào

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

怨天載道

yuàn tiān zài dào

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

悲聲載道

bēi shēng zài dào

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

荊棘載途

jīng jí zài tú

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

頌聲載道

sòng shēng zài dào

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

餓殍載道

è piǎo zài dào

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

餓莩載道

è piǎo zài dào

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

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