Word and Radical Components of 大腿

The Chinese word 大腿 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
大腿	dàtuǐ	1. n. thigh

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
大	dà	1. of great size; big; large; huge
	Antonyms: 小
	這個太大了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
	呢ni1 條褲好大條。 - This pair of pants is very big.
	2. big; great
	中美關係已有很大改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
	大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
	3. great of its kind
	昨天下大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
	好大 ? 味 - a very strong smell
	4. in an extreme manner; greatly
	大哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently
	大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
	大不相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
	你遇到這種情況，大可以走人哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
	你可不知道，他昨兒r 過來lai 大折zhē騰teng 了一場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒把這兒r 拆嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
	5. main; major
	Antonyms: 小
	他們將車一直開到大門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
	他是一家石油公司的大股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
	6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
	大書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
	7. mature; grown up
	Antonyms: 小
	你多大了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
	她比他大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
	你隻狗係咁大daai6-2 㗎喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
	8. (Cantonese) to grow up
	喺廣州大 - to grow up in Guangzhou
	9. (Cantonese) to be older than
	Antonyms: 細
	我大佢兩年。 - I am older than them by two years.
	10. (dialectal) father
	11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
	12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
	你大我呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?
	你咪mai5 大我。 - Don't you threaten me.
	13. (Cantonese) only so big
	咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
	14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
	我好急呀，要去大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
	15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
	北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
	16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
dài, dà	17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
	18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
	19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
	20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
	21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
	22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
	23. (Cantonese) small
	咁大daai6-1 - so puny
	24. Variant of 太
	25. Variant of 泰
腿	tuǐ	1. leg
	大腿 - thigh -
	小腿 - lower leg -
	2. base; leg; foundation
	桌-腿 - leg of the table -
	3. (in compounds) ham
	金腿 - Jinhua ham -
	宣腿 - Xuanwei ham -
	腿蛋daan6-2 治 - ham and egg sandwich -
	4. (Xiang) to joke
	你莫腿囉。 (nyi3 mo6 tei3 lo, X) - You don't joke.

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

大

dà

1. of great size; big; large; huge

Antonyms: 小

這個太大了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!

呢ni1 條褲好大條。 - This pair of pants is very big.

2. big; great

中美關係已有很大改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.

大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain

3. great of its kind

昨天下大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.

好大 ? 味 - a very strong smell

4. in an extreme manner; greatly

大哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently

大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked

大不相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different

你遇到這種情況，大可以走人哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.

你可不知道，他昨兒r 過來lai 大折zhē騰teng 了一場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒把這兒r 拆嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest

5. main; major

Antonyms: 小

他們將車一直開到大門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.

他是一家石油公司的大股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.

6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)

大書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher

7. mature; grown up

Antonyms: 小

你多大了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?

她比他大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.

你隻狗係咁大daai6-2 㗎喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.

8. (Cantonese) to grow up

喺廣州大 - to grow up in Guangzhou

9. (Cantonese) to be older than

Antonyms: 細

我大佢兩年。 - I am older than them by two years.

10. (dialectal) father

11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother

12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten

你大我呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me?

你咪mai5 大我。 - Don't you threaten me.

13. (Cantonese) only so big

咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C

14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two

我好急呀，要去大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.

15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.

北大 (Běidà) - Peking University

16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)

dài, dà

17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)

18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)

19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)

20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)

21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)

22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)

23. (Cantonese) small

咁大daai6-1 - so puny

24. Variant of 太

25. Variant of 泰

腿

tuǐ

1. leg

大腿 - thigh -

小腿 - lower leg -

2. base; leg; foundation

桌-腿 - leg of the table -

3. (in compounds) ham

金腿 - Jinhua ham -

宣腿 - Xuanwei ham -

腿蛋daan6-2 治 - ham and egg sandwich -

4. (Xiang) to joke

你莫腿囉。 (nyi3 mo6 tei3 lo, X) - You don't joke.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
一	一	1. one
	一長一短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
	一死一傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
	一高一低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
	一天一夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
	一日一夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
	一左一右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
	2. each; every
	給他們一人一顆蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
	3. single; alone
	獨自一人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
	專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
	4. whole; entire; all: throughout
	他們在海灘上玩了一下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
	5. same; identical
	大小不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
	大細不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
	6. (classical) another; alternative
	蟋蟀，一名促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
	7. (formal) certain aforementioned
	「旋律」一詞中的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
	8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
	9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once
	10. 看一看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
	11. 望一望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
	12. Indicating the intention to try
	13. 算一算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
	14. 計一計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
	15. once; as soon as; upon
	一到 OP 就卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
	我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
	一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
	一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
	16. (gay slang) top
	一號 - yīhào - a top
	17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
	18. =====Usage notes=====
yī	19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
	20. one
	21. each; every
	22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect	23. (Beijing) one
	24. =====Usage notes=====
人	rén	1. man; person; people
	人類 (rénlèi) - humans
	那人是誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
	嗰個人jan4-2 係邊個嚟㗎？ - Who is that person?
	有人敲門了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
	2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
	主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
	北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
	香港人 - Hongkonger
	3. body
	人在心不在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
	這兩天人不大舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
	今天上午你人在哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
	4. everybody; everyone
	人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
	人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
	5. other people; others
	人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
	害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
	6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
	就我所知，他人不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
	我不知道他是什麼人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
	佢到底係咩人嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
	7. manpower; worker; employee
	我們公司正缺人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
	8. talent; person of talent
	9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
	10. adult; grown-up
	長zhǎng大成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
	11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
	12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
	?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
	13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
	人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
	人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
	14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
	15. artificial; man-made
	人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
	16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
	17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
	18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
	19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
	20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
	21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
	別磨蹭ceng 啦，人在zǎi 外頭tou 等著着zhe 我們呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
	哎呀，人孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛大學啦，多出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
	人別人ren 都不吱zī聲sheng兒r，就他把這zhèi 事兒r 給說出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
	22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

一

1. one

一長一短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long

一死一傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured

一高一低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low

一天一夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night

一日一夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C

一左一右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right

2. each; every

給他們一人一顆蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.

3. single; alone

獨自一人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person

專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous

4. whole; entire; all: throughout

他們在海灘上玩了一下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.

5. same; identical

大小不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size

大細不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C

6. (classical) another; alternative

蟋蟀，一名促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.

7. (formal) certain aforementioned

「旋律」一詞中的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律

8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:

9. Indicating that the action has occurred only once

10. 看一看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look

11. 望一望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C

12. Indicating the intention to try

13. 算一算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it

14. 計一計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C

15. once; as soon as; upon

一到 OP 就卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.

我一拍了照片，她就立即成為眾人矚目的焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.

一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off

一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?

16. (gay slang) top

一號 - yīhào - a top

17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die

18. =====Usage notes=====

yī

19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).

20. one

21. each; every

22. whole; entire; all

yíeijing dialect

23. (Beijing) one

24. =====Usage notes=====

人

rén

1. man; person; people

人類 (rénlèi) - humans

那人是誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?

嗰個人jan4-2 係邊個嚟㗎？ - Who is that person?

有人敲門了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.

2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er

主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host

北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger

香港人 - Hongkonger

3. body

人在心不在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not

這兩天人不大舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.

今天上午你人在哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?

4. everybody; everyone

人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)

人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge

5. other people; others

人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)

害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself

6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality

就我所知，他人不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).

我不知道他是什麼人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.

佢到底係咩人嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?

7. manpower; worker; employee

我們公司正缺人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.

8. talent; person of talent

9. (obsolete) common people; commoner

10. adult; grown-up

長zhǎng大成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult

11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others

12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun

?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they

13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse

人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse

人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse

14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend

15. artificial; man-made

人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster

16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world

17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word

18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)

19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)

20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)

21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.

別磨蹭ceng 啦，人在zǎi 外頭tou 等著着zhe 我們呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB

哎呀，人孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛大學啦，多出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB

人別人ren 都不吱zī聲sheng兒r，就他把這zhèi 事兒r 給說出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.

22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
肉	ròu, rù	1. meat; flesh
	豬肉 - pork
	牛肉 - beef
	我從不吃肉。 - I never eat meat.
	這種魚的肉異常鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
	不久，鬣狗便可飽餐一頓這些死了的動物的肉。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.
	2. (specifically) pork
	肉三鮮的餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling
	蒜薹炒肉 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry
	3. body
	肉體 - physical body -
	4. flesh; pulp
	這桃子zi 肉味甜汁多。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.
	5. (ACG) media; video
	生肉 - raws (not fansubbed videos or clips -)
	熟肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media)
	烤肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media, with detailed effects)
ròu	6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
	7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
	8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
	這西瓜瓤兒r 太肉了。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
	9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish
	這個人做事真肉。 - This person does everything sluggishly.
	10. meat; flesh
	豬肉 - pork, MN
	牛肉 - beef, MN
	11. (specifically) pork
	肉骨 - pork ribs, MN
	12. flesh; pulp
	龍眼乾肉 - flesh of dried longan, MN
	13. main part of an object
	刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

肉

ròu, rù

1. meat; flesh

豬肉 - pork

牛肉 - beef

我從不吃肉。 - I never eat meat.

這種魚的肉異常鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.

不久，鬣狗便可飽餐一頓這些死了的動物的肉。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.

2. (specifically) pork

肉三鮮的餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling

蒜薹炒肉 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry

3. body

肉體 - physical body -

4. flesh; pulp

這桃子zi 肉味甜汁多。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.

5. (ACG) media; video

生肉 - raws (not fansubbed videos or clips -)

熟肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media)

烤肉 - localized, subbed(, - or dubbed media, with detailed effects)

ròu

6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)

7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial

8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby

這西瓜瓤兒r 太肉了。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.

9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish

這個人做事真肉。 - This person does everything sluggishly.

10. meat; flesh

豬肉 - pork, MN

牛肉 - beef, MN

11. (specifically) pork

肉骨 - pork ribs, MN

12. flesh; pulp

龍眼乾肉 - flesh of dried longan, MN

13. main part of an object

刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN