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载

zǎi

HSK 5 Character Traditional 載

What 载 means

1. to record in writing
2. to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)
3. Taiwan pr. zài
4. year

Other readings

载 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zàito carry; to convey; to load

Example sentences

• 下载。
  Download.
• 载我们到市区。
  Zài wǒmen dào shìqū.
  Give us a ride downtown.
• 我载你到车站。
  I'll drop you off at the station.
• 我会载你一程。
  I'll give you a ride.
• 他们装载卡车。
  They loaded the truck.
• 网站还在载入。
  The website still loads.

Words starting with 载

• 载体zài tǐcarrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium
• 载人zài rénto carry a passenger; (of spaceships etc) manned; also pr. zǎi rén
• 载入zǎi rùto load into; to record; to write into
• 载客zài kèto carry passengers
• 载歌载舞zài gē zài wǔsinging and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations
• 载重zài zhòngload; carrying capacity
• 载明zǎi míngto state explicitly in writing; to specify; to stipulate
• 载具zài jùconveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc); vehicle; (fig.) medium; platform; vector…
• 载车zài chēonboard (equipment); to ferry cars; missile trucks
• 载运zài yùnto convey (on vehicle); to freight
• 载道zài dàoto fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint); to communicate a moral…
• 载客车zài kè chēpassenger vehicle
• 载客量zài kè liàngpassenger capacity
• 载重量zài zhòng liàngdead weight; weight capacity of a vehicle
• 载重能力zài zhòng néng lìweight-carrying capacity
• 载酒问字zài jiǔ wèn zìa scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
• 载货zài huòfreight; load
• 载波zài bōcarrier wave
• 载频zài pínfrequency of carrier wave
• 载入史册zǎi rù shǐ cèto be recorded in history; to go down in history
• 载途zài túto cover the road (snow, wind, hazards etc); distance (between locations)
• 载货汽车zài huò qì chētruck
• 载弹量zài dàn liàngpayload
• 载荷zài hèload

Words containing 载

• 下载xià zǎito download; also pr. xià zài
• 记载jì zǎito write down; to record; written account
• 转载zhuǎn zǎito forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. zhuǎn zài
• 连载lián zǎiserialized; published as a serial (in a newspaper)
• 承载chéng zàito bear the weight; to sustain
• 刊载kān zǎito publish; to carry (a piece of writing, news, image etc) in a periodical or other…
• 满载mǎn zàifull to capacity; fully loaded
• 登载dēng zǎito publish (in newspapers or magazines); to record (bookkeeping entries)
• 超载chāo zàito overload
• 车载chē zàicarried within a vehicle; onboard
• 装载zhuāng zàito load; to stow
• 搭载dā zài(of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload); (of a device or system) to be equipped…
• 负载fù zàito carry; to support; load
• 卸载xiè zàito unload cargo; to uninstall (software)
• 千载难逢qiān zǎi nán féngextremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
• 运载yùn zàito transport; to carry (goods, materials or people)
• 怨声载道yuàn shēng zài dàolit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around…
• 一年半载yī nián bàn zǎiabout a year
• 满载而归mǎn zài ér guī(idiom) to return from a rewarding journey
• 上载shàng zǎito upload; also pr. shàng zài
• 传载chuán zǎito reprint; to repost; to transmit (in writing etc)
• 加载jiā zàito load (cargo); (computing) to load (content)
• 报载bào zǎinewspaper report
• 年载nián zǎiyears

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear
• 埋máito bury
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 哉zāi(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
• 埭dàidam

Characters that look like 载

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 获huò(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 弱ruòweak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as
• 烈lièardent; intense; fierce
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb

Sounds the same

Read zǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宰to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…
• 崽child; young animal
• 仔variant of 崽; (dialect; bound form) young man