The difference between the two pronunciations mentioned is that they mean different things. The two pronunciations of zai are explained as follows:
1. zai zǎi
(1) Year; Sui: once in a thousand years. Three years and two years.
(2) Record; publish; describe: record. serialized. Reprint.
Example: This diary truthfully records the situation when the army and the people fought together to fight back the Japanese invaders; their glorious achievements have been recorded in history.
2. To carry in
(1) To load, to load by means of transportation: to carry passengers. Cargo. load. carrier. load. Returned with a full load.
(2) Full of complaints.
(3) Nai, so (often used in ancient texts to express two actions at the same time): singing and dancing.
(4) Surname.
Example: At the birthday party, the guests were laughing and talking, and they were very happy.
Related words
1. zǎi
(1) Zaishi, zǎi shēng. It means setting up sacrifices and preparing sacrifices. "Selected Poems of Tiandihui: Songs of Carrying Sacrifice on Jintai Mountain": "The order of carrying sacrifices came out from Jintai Mountain, and all the brothers in Mingyuan Hall listened carefully... It is a provocation to sacrifice horses and oxen to the sky in Taoyuan, but in our generation we follow the ancient etiquette. "Bundling silk to carry sacrifices"
(2) Zai Bi, pronounced zǎi bì, is a Chinese word, which means bi used for sacrifice.
2. zài
(1) Zailu, Chinese vocabulary. Pinyin: zài lù. Definition: The road is full.
(2) Load, in fù. To bear, to bear. Ai Qing's poem "Toward the Sun: North": "A few donkeys - animals with sad eyes and tired ears, bear the painful weight of the land.
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