重载 (zhòng zài) — heavy load; overload (in engineering, exceeding rated capacity)

Definition

As a technical term, 重载 (overload) means a load exceeding rated capacity — heavier than the everyday 负载. Contrast with method overloading in programming, written 重载方法.

noun
heavy loadoverload (in engineering, exceeding rated capacity)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 重载，。
    Zhè liàng kǎ chē de zhòng zài tài dà, lún tāi róng yì sǔn huài.
    The heavy load on this truck is too great, and the tires are easily damaged.
  • 重载。
    Diàn lù shè jì zhōng bì xū fáng zhǐ zhòng zài yǐn qǐ de shè bèi sǔn huài.
    In circuit design, you must prevent equipment damage caused by overload.
  • 重载。
    Zhè zuò qiáo wú fǎ chéng shòu rú cǐ dà de zhòng zài.
    This bridge cannot bear such a heavy load.

Origin

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.

重zhòngheavy
载zǎiload

Heavy load names a large burden or capacity exceeded.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Open 重 →

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.

Open 载 →

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