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Word and Radical Components of 楼梯

The Chinese word 楼梯 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
楼梯 1. Simplified form of 樓梯

楼梯 ⇨ 楼 + 梯
Component Pinyin Meanings
楼 1. Simplified form of 樓
梯 tī 1. ladder; steps; stairs
     擔 堂 梯 - to carry a ladder
2. ladder-shaped object
3. to climb
4. to lean against
5. (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
     梯 旁 - along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator -

楼 ⇨ 木 + 娄
Component Pinyin Meanings
木 mù 1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms: 樹
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
     這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
     她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
娄 1. Simplified form of 婁

梯 ⇨ 木 + 弟
Component Pinyin Meanings
木 mù 1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms: 樹
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
     這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
     她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
弟 dì 1. younger brother
2. junior
3. (humble) I; me
4. Original form of 第 (sequence)

娄 ⇨ 米 + 女
Component Pinyin Meanings
米 mǐ 1. hulled or husked uncooked rice
2. husked seed
3. grain-like things
4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli
     星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles
     雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C
5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money
     有 米 - jau5 mai5 - rich, C
     背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH -
6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand
mǐ 7. metre
     米 三 (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres
     我 有 一 米 九 高。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall.
女 nǜ 1. woman
2. Variant of 汝

弟 ⇨ 丿 + 弚
Component Pinyin Meanings
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
弚 1.