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zài

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zài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zài | zai4
English translation
load; to carry, to convey, to transport

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About zài

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

zài

Contains the radical

chē

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

cart

Etymology of zài

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

哉車

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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Words with zài

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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

zài Decomposition & Compounds

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