载入 (zǎi rù) — to load (data, file, program) into a system; to record (an entry) into a document or history

Definition

Written/formal verb for 'loading' data or 'recording' an entry into a system or record. 载入 pairs with 把-constructions and sounds more formal than the everyday 装入.

verb
to load (data, file, program) into a systemto record (an entry) into a document or history

Examples

  • 载入
    Qǐng bǎ zhè ge wén jiàn zǎi rù dào xì tǒng zhōng.
    Please load this file into the system.
  • 载入
    Tā bǎ zhòng yào xìn xī zǎi rù le xì tǒng.
    He loaded the important information into the system.
  • 载入
    Tā de míng zì zǎi rù le shǐ cè.
    His name was recorded in the annals of history.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

into

载 gives loading or recording, and 入 gives the direction into a place.

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 載; 载 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
chariot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢦏
𢦏𢦏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.

Open 载 →

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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