机载 (jī zǎi) — airborne; carried on an aircraft

Definition

adjective

airbornecarried on an aircraft

机载。
Zhè zhǒng jī zǎi léi dá kě yǐ tàn cè hěn yuǎn de mù biāo.
This type of airborne radar can detect targets very far away.
机载。
jī zǎi Wǔ qì xì tǒng dà dà tí gāo le zhàn dòu jī de gōng jī néng lì.
Airborne weapon systems greatly enhance the attack capability of fighter jets.
机载。
Tā men zhèng zài cè shì xīn xíng jī zǎi diàn zǐ shè bèi.
They are testing a new type of airborne electronic equipment.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

机jīaircraft

aircraft and carried combine to mean mounted or carried on an aircraft.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 載; 载 is its simplified writing.

車𢦏載

Meaning part形符xíngfú

車車jūchariot

Sound part声符shēngfú

𢦏

𢦏𢦏載zài

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 載 has 車, a chariot, and 𢦏 gives the sound; 载 is its simplified form.