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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
亠口冋 gāo 1. tall; high
     高原 - plateau
      特別 。 - This mountain is especially tall.
     生得 女仔 - a tall girl
     唔好 。 - Don't put it so high.
2. of high level; above average
      價格 - high price
      - - high sugar content
      標準 - very high standard
      年級 - higher/senior grades
      。 - I am one year above him.
3. high place
     居高臨下 - to occupy a high position and look down
4. loud
     高歌 - to sing loudly
5. (geometry) altitude
      梯形 - find the altitude of the trapezium
6. (honorific) your
7. (chemistry) per-
     高錳酸鉀 - potassium permanganate
8. , Gao (surname)
      - Gao Shi (Tang dynasty poet)
9. (Min) Alternative form of 懸 (-, t=tall; high)
10. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)
亠乂 wén       lí - having a pattern like that of a wild cat
1. Original form of 紋 (to tattoo, tr=wén rú lí)
     文身 (wénshēn) - to tattoo
     文面 (wénmiàn) - face tattoo
2. writing; literary composition; literature
     文章 (wénzhāng) - article, essay
     sǎn (sǎnwén) - prose
     文不對題 (wénbùduìtí) - (of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject
     ni1 man4-2 唔錯。 - This essay is written quite well.
3. official document
4. literary language; Literary Chinese
     半文半白 (bànwénbànbái) - half literary, half vernacular
5. Short for 文讀 (literary reading)
6. script; written form
     甲骨文 (jiǎgǔwén) - oracle bone script
      。 - Same ruts for carriages, same script for writing. (i.e., universal standards)
     天城文 (tiānchéngwén) - Devanagari
7. (written) language
     (ant, zh, )
     中文 (zhōngwén) - Chinese
     英文 (yīngwén) - English
8. culture
     文化 (wénhuà) - culture
     文明 (wénmíng) - civilization
9. liberal arts; humanities
10. natural or social phenomenon
     天文 (tiānwén) - astronomy
     人文 (rénwén) - humanities; letters
11. ritual; etiquette
     繁文縟節 - tr=fánwénrùjié
12. of a government position, non-military: civil, civilian
     文職 (wénzhí) - civilian post
     文官 (wénguān) - civil official
     文武 (wénwǔ) - civilian and military
13. gentle; refined
     斯文 (sīwén) - refined, cultured
     文雅 (wényǎ) - elegant, refined
14. 47th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "pattern, repetition" (?)
15. (archaic)
16. (numismatics) mill (a tenth of a cent)
      (yī wén) - one mill
17. (zh-div, 日) (telegraphy) the twelfth day of a month
     文夕.大火 (Wénxī Dàhuǒ) - 1938 Changsha fire
      - (Wén Tiānxiáng) - Wen Tianxiang (Chinese politician and poet in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty)
wén, wèn 18. to cover
     文過 (wénguò, wènguò) - to cover one's fault
19. Variant of 蚊
亠父 jiāo 1. to intersect; to cross
     相交 - to intersect
     (zh-co, 好運, to meet with good fortune)
2. to reach (a certain time)
3. time or place where two things meet
     (zh-co, , when springs changes into summer)
     (zh-co, 世紀 , the turn of the century)
     地處 shěnɡ - located where the borders of Henan and Shanxi meet
4. to hand over; to turn in; to submit
     交班 - to hand over to the next shift
     (zh-co, 功課, to turn in homework, C)
      ? - Have you paid rent?
      任務 ! - Please assign me the task!
5. to make (friends)
     .朋友 - to make a friend
     (zh-co, 男朋友, to get a boyfriend)
6. friendship; relationship
     邦交 - diplomatic relations
     泛泛之交 - acquaintance
     君子..... - True friendship between two men of accomplishment need not be overly demonstrative.
7. to have sexual intercourse; to mate
     肛交 - to have anal sex
     雜交 - to hybridize; to crossbreed
8. mutually; reciprocally
     交談 - to converse
     交易 - to trade
9. simultaneously; at the same time
10. 16th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "contact" (?)
11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 跤 (-)
12. (Hokkien, dated) (Used to refer to a private wholesale trading company)
     (zh-alt-inline, )
13. Variant of 跤
14. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) and
15. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, &, Philippines Hokkien) with; accompanying
冂亠 dān 1. cinnabar
2. red
3. refined medical substance
4. (Catholicism) Dan
亠八 liù, lù 1. six
      - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan)
2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point.
3. (dialectal) proficient
4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
5. . (pronounced Lù)
6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China)
liù 7. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).)
8. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).)
亠巾 shì 1. city; town
2. market; fair
3. to trade; to do business
4. to buy
5. to sell
6. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) business situation (buy and sell of goods)
亠丷厂 1. Simplified form of 產
亠丷冏 shāng 1. trade; commerce; business
2. businessman; dealer; trader; merchant
3. (mathematics) quotient
     6 除以 2 3。 - The quotient of 6 divided by 2 is 3.
4. (music) the second note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
5. (zh-div, 朝) Shang Dynasty
6. to discuss; to consult
7. (zh-div, 宿) (Chinese astronomy) zh-altname, 心, Heart (Chinese constellation) mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)
1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing
     衣服 - clothes
     內衣 - underwear
     睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas
2. coating; covering; skin
     糖衣 - sugar coating
     槍衣 - gun cover
3. membrane; film
4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta
yì, yī      錦還huán - to return home in glory
亠丷冖巾 1. emperor; sovereign
2. Short for 帝國主義 (imperialism)
     反帝 鬥爭 - anti-imperialism struggle
亠丷冖方 páng 1. side; beside; close by
     (syn, zh, 旁邊)
2. other; else
3. (linguistics) radical (of a character)
     (syn, zh, 偏旁)
4. widespread
péng 5. (zh-only, 旁勃)
bēng 6. (zh-only, 旁旁)
亠口冖毛 háo 1. fine hair
2. writing brush
3. (especially in the negative) slightest bit; least amount
4. a measure of length, equal to 100 micrometres
5. milli- (SI unit prefix)
6. a unit of weight equal to one tenth of a cash
7. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) one tenth of a yuan or dollar; 10 cents; dime
      - 9 dollars and 99 cents
      - 60-something cents
wáng 1. to run away; to flee; to escape
     逃亡 - to flee
2. to lose
     亡佚 - to be lost
     亡羊補牢 - to repair the pen after sheep is lost
3. (intransitive) to be destroyed; to become extinct; to die out
     滅亡 - to perish
4. to destroy; to annihilate; to exterminate
5. to die
     死亡 - to die
     亡妻 - deceased wife
亠口冖豕 háo      豪飲 - to drink a lot
     文豪 - great writer
1. extremely talented person
2. bold; unrestrained; straightforward
3. heroic; powerful
4. despotic; tyrannical; cruel
5. despot; tyrant; bully
     豪強 - bully
6. rich; wealthy; luxurious
7. (dialectal Mandarin) kite (toy)
8. Alternative form of 毫 (fine hair; slightest amount)
jīng 1. (zh-no-solo) capital (city)
     京城 - capital city
     京畿 - capital city and its surrounding area
     泰京 - (Thailand) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)
     墨京 - (dated) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)
2. Short for 北京 (Beijing) after 1949
     京劇 - Beijing opera
     京腔 - Beijing accent
3. Short for 南京 (Nanjing) during 1927 - 1948
4. Short for 京都 (Kyoto) when referring Japan-related topics
jīng 5. adj. ethnic Vietnamese from China