Chinese symbol for “carrier”
载体
zài tǐ
Traditional: 載體
carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carrier is 载体 (zài tǐ), defined as: carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “carrier”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 承运人 (承運人) | chéng yùn rén | carrier (of goods etc) |
| 运营商 (運營商) | yùn yíng shāng | operator (of a power station, transport network etc); carrier (telecommunications etc) |
| 带原者 (帶原者) | dài yuán zhě | (disease) carrier |
| 携带者 (攜帶者) | xié dài zhě | (medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 载体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 记载 (記載) | jì zǎi | to write down; to record |
| 转载 (轉載) | zhuǎn zǎi | to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere |
| 搭载 (搭載) | dā zài | (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload); (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) |
| 连载 (連載) | lián zǎi | serialized; published as a serial (in a newspaper) |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carrier”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.