挂载 (guà zǎi) — (computing) to mount (a drive, device, or filesystem)

Definition

Technical/computing verb: to mount a drive, filesystem, or image so the OS can access it. Pairs with 把 in disposal construction (把U盘挂载到电脑上).

verb
(computing) to mount (a drive, device, or filesystem)

Examples

  • U挂载。
    Qǐng bǎ U pán guà zǎi dào diàn nǎo shàng.
    Please mount the USB drive to the computer.
  • 挂载。
    Xì tǒng qǐ dòng shí huì zì dòng guà zǎi yìng pán fēn qū.
    The system automatically mounts the hard disk partitions at startup.
  • 挂载。
    Nǐ xū yào xiān guà zǎi zhè ge jìng xiàng wén jiàn cái néng fǎng wèn lǐ miàn de nèi róng.
    You need to mount this image file first to access its contents.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

挂guàattach
载zǎiload

挂 means to attach and 载 means to load; together they describe attaching something so it can be used.

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 掛; 挂 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
⺘Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
卦
卦guà掛guà
Same sound today

In the traditional form 掛, the hand part ⺘ and the sound part 卦 show hooking or hanging something with the hand; this form was originally a popular form of 挂.

Open 挂 →

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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