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Word and Radical Components of 模特

The Chinese word 模特 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
模特 mótè 1. n. model (person employed to display clothes, or pose for an artist)
      模特 尺度 ? - How far are you willing to go as a model?
2. n. prototype; original mould; model; archetype

模特 ⇨ 模 + 特
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (zh-wp, zh:模, en:Module (mathematics))
2. model; standard; example
3. to copy; to imitate
4. Short for 模特, model; fashion model
5. Short for 模範, model person; role model
6. (mathematics) modulus
     同餘 - modulus of congruence
7. (mathematics) modulo
     5Wǔ 8bā 同餘 3sān。 - 5 and 8 are congruent modulo 3.
8. (mathematics) modular
     模形式 - modular form
9. (mathematics) module
     自由模 - free module
10. appearance
11. mold; matrix; shape; pattern
1. (literary) single; alone; by oneself
2. special; unique; distinguished
3. (literary) only; just
4. specially; intentionally
5. (colloquial) especially; outstandingly
     今天 天氣 。 - It's especially hot today.
6. Short for 特務, special agent; spy
7. (Mainland) Short for 特克斯, tex

模 ⇨ 木 + 莫
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms:
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - 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
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
1. (literary) none; nothing; not anything
2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min Dong, Xiang) do not; don't; must not
      做聲! - Keep quiet!, lit=Don't make a sound!, M-UIB
     -細膩。 (mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê, MD) - Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.
      。 (nyi3 mo6 tei3 lo, X) - You don't joke.
     發生 火災 驚慌 - Don't be panicked when conflagration happens
3. (particle indicating a rhetorical question)
4. do not; don't; must not
     mài ! - Don't touch me!, MN
5. to not want

特 ⇨ 牛 + 寺
Component Pinyin Meanings
niú 1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak
2. beef
     gān.牛河 - beef chow fun
3. stubborn; pigheaded
4. (colloquial) arrogant
5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
     牛屄 - vulgar awesome
     牛人 - an awesome person
6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn
7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer
      - - Niu Sengru (Tang politician)
1. (Buddhism) temple; monastery
     白馬. - White Horse Temple
     少林寺 - Shaolin Monastery
     哲蚌寺 - Drepung Monastery
2. place of worship; shrine
     清真寺 - mosque
3. government court; office (Used before Han dynasty)
4. =====Usage notes=====
5. Not used for places of worship of Taoism, Chinese folk religion and Christianity.
shì 6. archaic form of 近侍 referring to eunuchs

莫 ⇨ 艹 + 旲
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. grass
2. Variant of 草
tái 1. (obsolete) daylight; sunlight
yǐng 2. (obsolete) big, great, vast, large, high

寺 ⇨ 土 + 寸
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
cùn 1. (units of measure) A cun or Chinese inch, a traditional unit of length of about 3(nbsp)cm.
2.    (Mainland China) Short for 市寸
3.    (Hong Kong) Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475(nbsp)cm.
4. (informal) Short for 英寸, inch
5. (figurative) very short or little
6. (TCM) cunkou pulse; radial artery pulse at the wrist
7. (Mandarin, colloquial) coincidental; unbelievable; opportune
8. Variant of 忖
9. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 串 (-)