装入 (zhuāng rù) — to load something into, to put into (a container, a device, etc.)

Definition

装入 means to load or put something into a container or system, and pairs naturally with the 把 construction (把…装入). The result must end up inside something — use 装 for fitting/installing a part onto a thing.

verb
to load something intoto put into (a container, a device, etc.)

Examples

  • 装入。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè xiē wén jiàn zhuāng rù diàn nǎo zhōng.
    Please load these files into the computer.
  • 装入。
    Tā zhèng zài bǎ huò wù zhuāng rù kǎ chē.
    He is loading the goods into the truck.
  • 装入。
    Xīn ruǎn jiàn yǐ jīng zhuāng rù xì tǒng le.
    The new software has been loaded into the system.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

装zhuāngload
入rùinto

装 means put in, 入 shows into; together mean load into.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 裝; 装 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
衣衣yīclothes
Sound part声符shēngfú
壯
壯zhuàng裝zhuāng
Same sound today

The traditional form 裝 pairs 衣 (clothes) with 壯 as a sound part; this story is about 裝, not the simplified 装.

Open 装 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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