下载 xiàzài to download
How to remember 下载: 下 down + 载 load = to download.
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How it is used
- To download (files, apps) from the internet. 下载软件 (xiàzài ruǎnjiàn) download software.
- Antonym 上传 (shàngchuán) to upload. Standard reading is xiàzài, though xiàzǎi is heard colloquially - 上传照片 (shàngchuán zhàopiàn) upload a photo.
- 下 = down, 载 = to load/carry; the 'carry/load' sense of 载 here is zài.
Example sentences
- 假如你没有这个程序，你现在就可以去下载。 Jiǎrú nǐ méiyǒu zhège chéngxù, nǐ xiànzài jiù kěyǐ qù xiàzài.If you do not have this program, you can download it now.