舰载 (jiàn zài) — (attributive) carrier-borne; ship-based (of aircraft, missiles, equipment etc.)

Definition

Used almost only as a modifier before nouns (飞机, 导弹, 系统): it specifies equipment designed to operate from a warship — chiefly an aircraft carrier. Attributive adjective, not a standalone predicate.

adjective
(attributive) carrier-borneship-based (of aircraft, missiles, equipment etc.)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 舰载。
    Zhè zhǒng jiàn zài fēi jī kě yǐ chuí zhí qǐ jiàng.
    This type of carrier-based aircraft can take off and land vertically.
  • 舰载。
    jiàn zài Dǎo dàn de shè chéng fēi cháng yuǎn.
    The range of ship-based missiles is very long.
  • 舰载。
    Tā men zhèng zài yán fā xīn yí dài jiàn zài xì tǒng.
    They are developing a new generation of carrier-borne systems.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

舰jiànwarship
载zǎicarry

舰载 joins 舰 (warship) and 载 (carry) to mean carried on a warship.

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 艦; 舰 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
舟舟zhōu
Sound part声符shēngfú
監
監jiān艦⁰jiàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 艦 pairs 舟 (boat) with 監 to give the sound; the simplified 舰 is a shorthand and its right side is not the historical sound part.

Open 舰 →

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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