登载 (dēng zài) — publish (in a periodical, newspaper, magazine, etc.)

Definition

登载 means to publish or carry a piece of writing in a periodical — articles, papers, commentaries in newspapers, magazines, or websites. Compared with the more general 发表, it emphasizes the writing appearing as content inside the publication itself.

verb
publish (in a periodical, newspaper, magazine, etc.)

Examples

  • 登载。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng dēng zài zài zuó tiān de bào zhǐ shàng.
    This article was published in yesterday's newspaper.
  • 登载。
    Zhè běn zá zhì dēng zài le tā de sān piān xué shù lùn wén.
    This magazine published three of his academic papers.
  • 登载。
    Wǎng zhàn dēng zài le yì piān guān yú qì hòu biàn huà de jīng cǎi píng lùn.
    The website published a brilliant commentary on climate change.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

登dēngrecord
载zǎipublish

登 and 载 both mean to put into print, together giving publish.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 癶癶bōleft and right feet
  • 豆豆dòupictogrammic of raised object; stepping stone

登 pairs 癶, left and right feet, with 豆, a raised object or stepping stone; its older form also showed two hands at the bottom, which later dropped.

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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.

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.

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