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zǎi

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zǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎi | zai3
English translation
year
to record in writing (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [zài])
to carry
to convey
to load
to hold
to fill up
and
also
as well as
simultaneously
load; to carry, to convey, to transport

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About zǎi

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

zài

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of zǎi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

哉车

Semantic compound

Chē

Phonetic compound

zāi

Explanation

Simplified form of zài . Phonosemantic compound. chē represents the meaning and 𢦔 represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zǎi

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zǎi 国立 guó lì Tái Dōng 师范 shīfàn 学院 xué yuàn ( 主编 zhǔ biān ).

In Heshusius, L . & Ballard , K . ( Eds . ) From positivism to interpretivism and beyond.

yíng le zhè cháng 官司 guān si ,这是载入 zǎi rù 法律 fǎlǜ 史册 shǐ cè de 重大 zhòngdà 事件 shìjiàn .

He made legal history when he won the case.

bào shǎng 登载 dēng zǎi le kuàng yǒu Hēi biān de 烈士 liè shì 遗像 yí xiàng .

The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.

gāi chuán de cāng zǎi le 很多 de 货物 huò wù .

The boat carried with much cargo in its belly.

去年 qùnián zài 报纸 bàozhǐ shǎng dòu Guò zhè 故事 gùshì de 分期 fēn qī 连载 lián zǎi .

I read instalments of the story in the newspaper last year.

Words with zǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zǎi to carry zài
下载 xiàzǎi to download下載
记载 jìzǎi to write down記載
转载 zhuǎn zǎi to forward (a shipment)轉載
载体 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry)載體
承载 chéng zài to sustain承載
装载 zhuāng zài to load裝載
千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom)千載難逢
超载 chāo zài to overload超載
搭载 dā zài to transport (people, a payload etc)搭載
满载 mǎn zài full to capacity滿載
载入 zǎi rù to load into載入
过载 guò zài overload過載
连载 lián zǎi serialized連載
负载 fù zài load負載
载客 zài kè to take passengers on board載客
载荷 zài hè load載荷
载歌载舞 zài gē zài wǔ singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations載歌載舞
刊载 kān zǎi to publish刊載
载货 zài huò freight載貨
运载火箭 yùn zài huǒ jiàn carrier rocket運載火箭
运载 yùn zài to carry運載
登载 dēng zǎi to record (bookkeeping entries)登載
载重 zài zhòng load載重

zǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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zǎi Decomposition

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zǎi Compounds

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