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卸载 (xiè zài) — to unload (cargo, goods from a vehicle); to uninstall (software, an app from a device)

Definition

卸载 pairs the verb 卸 with a load-bearing complement: physical unloading of cargo OR digital uninstalling of software. 卸任 is unrelated — it means leaving a post.

verb
to unload (cargo, goods from a vehicle)to uninstall (software, an app from a device)

Examples

  • 卸载。
    Mǎ tou gōng rén zhèng zài xiè zài jí zhuāng xiāng.
    The dockworkers are unloading containers.
  • ，卸载。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn yǒu bìng dú, nǐ zuì hǎo xiè zài diào.
    This software has a virus — you'd better uninstall it.
  • 卸载。
    Kǎ chē shàng de huò wù yǐ jīng xiè zài wán le.
    The cargo on the truck has already been unloaded.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

卸xièremove
载zǎiload

“卸” means to remove, and “载” means the load, together meaning to unload or uninstall.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Computers & Internet

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