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转载 (zhuǎn zǎi) — to reprint (an article, content from another source); to forward (a shipment)

Definition

转载 is mainly 'to reprint' content originally published elsewhere (articles, papers). Unlike 转发 (forward messages/data) and 转交 (hand something to someone), it applies to published written works.

verb
to reprint (an article, content from another source)to forward (a shipment)

Examples

  • 转载。
    Zhè piān lùn wén bèi duō jiā xué shù qī kān zhuǎn zǎi.
    This paper was reprinted by several academic journals.
  • ，转载。
    Wèi jīng zuò zhě tóng yì, bù dé suí yì zhuǎn zǎi qí zuò pǐn.
    Without the author's consent, you may not freely reprint their work.
  • 转载。
    Zhè pī huò wù xū yào cóng shàng hǎi zhuǎn zǎi dào guǎng zhōu.
    This shipment needs to be forwarded from Shanghai to Guangzhou.

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.

转zhuǎnrelay
载zǎipublish

转 means relay or pass on, and 载 refers to carrying or publishing, so the meaning is forwarding content.

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 轉; 转 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūcarriage
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān轉zhuǎn
Same sound today

The traditional form 轉 combines 車, a carriage, with 專 as a sound part; the simplified 转 is a later shorthand.

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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 7-9

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