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车载 (chē zài) — onboard (installed in a vehicle); carried in a vehicle

Definition

车载 (chēzài) describes equipment, systems, or goods installed in or carried by a vehicle. It functions as an attributive before nouns (e.g. 车载导航) or as a verb with the vehicle as the subject carrying cargo.

verb
onboard (installed in a vehicle)carried in a vehicle

Examples

  • 车载。
    Zhè ge chē zài dǎo háng xì tǒng hěn hǎo yòng.
    This onboard navigation system is very easy to use.
  • 车载。
    Xīn kuǎn de chē zài bīng xiāng kě yǐ bǎo chí shí wù xīn xiān.
    The new onboard refrigerator can keep food fresh.
  • 车载。
    Zhè liàng kǎ chē chē zài le shí dūn huò wù.
    This truck carried ten tons of cargo.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

Open 车 →

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 →
Appears in
Vehicles

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