载有 (zài yǒu) — to be loaded with, to carry (cargo, data, etc.)

Definition

载有 (zǎi) is a formal/written verb meaning 'to carry' or 'to contain' — used for vehicles transporting cargo, or documents/sites containing information. It is more literary than everyday alternatives like 装 (zhuāng, 'to load').

verb
to be loaded withto carry (cargo, data, etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 载有。
    Zhè liàng kǎ chē zài yǒu dà liàng huò wù.
    This truck is loaded with a large amount of cargo.
  • 载有。
    Zhè fèn wén jiàn zài yǒu zhòng yào xìn xī.
    This document contains important information.
  • 载有。
    Gāi wǎng zhàn zài yǒu xǔ duō yòng hù shù jù.
    This website carries a lot of user data.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

载zǎiload
有yǒuhave

载 means load and 有 means have, so the idea is being loaded with something.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
肉肉ròumeat
Sound part声符shēngfú
又
又yòu有yǒu
Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

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