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Chinese symbol for “overload”

超载
chāo zài
Traditional: 超載
to overload

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overload is 超载 (chāo zài), defined as: to overload.

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Characters and stroke order

超 chāo
to jump over, to leap over; to overtake, to surpass
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
载 zài
load; to carry, to convey, to transport
radical 159 ⾞ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “overload”

WordPinyinMeaning
过载 (過載)guò zàioverload
超负荷 (超負荷)chāo fù hèexcess load; an overload

Related words

Other words that share a character with 超载.

WordPinyinMeaning
超过 (超過)chāo guòto surpass; to exceed
超级 (超級)chāo jísuper-; ultra-
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场 (chāo jí shì chǎng)); measure word: 家 (jiā)
超出chāo chūto exceed; to overstep
超人chāo rénsuperhuman; exceptional
下载 (下載)xià zǎito download; also pr. [xia4zai4]
记载 (記載)jì zǎito write down; to record

See also: Japanese symbol for “overload”.

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.