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Word and Radical Components of 手帕

The Chinese word 手帕 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
手帕 shǒupà 1. n. handkerchief (piece of cloth carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
     她 的 手帕 有 一 條 藍 邊。 - Her handkerchief has a blue border.

手帕 ⇨ 手 + 帕
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
帕 pà 1. to wrap
2. kerchief, handkerchief, headscarf
3. Short for 帕斯卡, pascal (SI unit)
4. Phrae province
5. Phrae city

帕 ⇨ 巾 + 白
Component Pinyin Meanings
巾 jīn 1. turban
2. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
3. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China
白 bái, bó 1. white
     白色 (báisè) - white color
     白茶 (báichá) - white tea
2. clear; easy to understand
     明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious
     淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple
3. clear; pure; plain; blank
     白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper
     白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper
     白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water
     白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee
4. bright; well-lit
5. eminent; prominent
6. vernacular
     白話 (báihuà) - spoken language
7. dialect
     蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect
     京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect
8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading)
9. reactionary; anticommunist
     白軍 (báijūn) - The White army
     白區 (báiqū) - The White area
     白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror
10. in vain; for nothing
     我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain.
     她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain.
     他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain.
     所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing.
     白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing
     白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing
11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
     你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free.
12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
     她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare.
13. to explain; to present; to state
     自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess
     開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble
     表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself
     辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself
14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
     我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places.
     我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character.
15. spoken lines
     念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera
     道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera
     獨白 (dúbái) - monologue
     對白 (duìbái) - dialogue
16. funeral
     紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals
17. . Bai
     白 崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi
18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China