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Word and Radical Components of 手表

The Chinese word 手表 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
手表 1. Simplified form of 手錶

手表 ⇨ 手 + 表
Component Pinyin Meanings
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.
biǎo 1. (obsolete) outer garment
2. surface; outside; exterior
     外表 - outward appearance -
     月表 - surface of the moon -
     虛有其表 - to look impressive but lack real worth -
     表裡不一 - to think in one way but speak and act in another -
3. table; list
     價目表 - price list -
4. form (blank document to be filled in)
     申請 - application form -
     填表 - to fill in a form -
5. to show; to express; to display
     表達 - to express -
      同情 - to show deep sympathy -
6. model; example
     wéi人師表 - to set an example for others to learn -
7. (historical) memorial to the throne; petition to the emperor
     出師 - Chu Shi Biao - (either of two memorials written by Zhuge Liang and presented to Liu Shan)
8. relationship with the children of one's mother's or paternal grandmother's siblings or the children of one's father's or paternal grandfather's sisters
     表哥 - male cousin (mother's sibling's or father's sister's son older than oneself) -
     姨表 - maternal cousin (mother's sister's child) -
9. Simplified form of 錶
biǎo 10. (Mainland, internet slang) Alternative form of 不要 (do not; don't)

表 ⇨ 龶 +
Component Pinyin Meanings
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1.

龶 ⇨ 土 + 一
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 。 - The soil here is quite fertile.
2. (dialectal) dust
3. land
     國土 - territory
     寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory
4. crude opium
     煙土 - crude opium
5. hometown; native place
     故土 - native land; native place
6. local; native; indigenous
     土著 - aboriginal
     土話 - local dialect
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
      覺得 東北話 實在 。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic.
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
     土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method
      - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey
      戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 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 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) 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
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 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
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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
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