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Word and Radical Components of 毛巾架

The Chinese word 毛巾架 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.


毛巾架 ⇨ 毛巾 + 毛 + 巾 + 架
Component Pinyin Meanings
毛巾 máojīn 1. n. towel
      毛巾 níng gān - to wring a towel dry
máo, Máo 1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather
     雞毛 - chicken feather
2. (dialectal) hair on the head
3. mildew; mold
4. (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
      - a jiao / ten cents
      - three yuan and two jiao / three dollars and twenty cents
     五毛黨 - wumao
5. coarse; raw; semifinished
     毛茶 - raw tea
6. (of an amount) gross
     (ant, zh, )
     毛利 - gross profit
     毛重 - gross weight
7. rough; sketchy
     毛估 - to make a rough estimate
8. small; little
     毛毛雨 - drizzle
     毛孩子zi - mere child
9. careless; unthinking
     毛手毛腳 - to be careless
10. panicked; scared; nervous
      - to have scared me
11. angry; furious
12. (of currency) depreciated
13. (mainland, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
14. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
     Synonyms:
      ? - Do you know anything at all?
15. (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
      - the character with white-coloured hair
     假毛 - wig
      - - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of the People's Republic of China
16. usage. In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮 instead.
jīn 1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China
jià 1. rack; stand; prop; frame; framework
2. to prop up; to support
3. to put up; to construct; to frame
4. quarrel; fight
      飛機 - an airplane -
5. (dialectal)
      - a car -
      單車 - a bike -
6. (Min Nan) to place; to put; to rest on

毛巾 ⇨ 毛 + 巾
Component Pinyin Meanings
máo, Máo 1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather
     雞毛 - chicken feather
2. (dialectal) hair on the head
3. mildew; mold
4. (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
      - a jiao / ten cents
      - three yuan and two jiao / three dollars and twenty cents
     五毛黨 - wumao
5. coarse; raw; semifinished
     毛茶 - raw tea
6. (of an amount) gross
     (ant, zh, )
     毛利 - gross profit
     毛重 - gross weight
7. rough; sketchy
     毛估 - to make a rough estimate
8. small; little
     毛毛雨 - drizzle
     毛孩子zi - mere child
9. careless; unthinking
     毛手毛腳 - to be careless
10. panicked; scared; nervous
      - to have scared me
11. angry; furious
12. (of currency) depreciated
13. (mainland, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
      - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
14. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
     Synonyms:
      ? - Do you know anything at all?
15. (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
      - the character with white-coloured hair
     假毛 - wig
      - - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of the People's Republic of China
16. usage. In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮 instead.
jīn 1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China

巾 ⇨ 冂 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
jiōng 1. down box
2. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs
gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down

架 ⇨ 加 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
jiā 1. to put on top of another object
2. to add; to put in
      - to add salt
3. to increase; to raise
4. to impose; to foist; to grant
5. (placed after a monosyllabic adverb to indicate an increase in the degree); more
6. (arithmetic) to add
     (ant, zh, )
7. (social media) to friend
     掃碼 - scan the QR code to friend me
      微信 - to add your WeChat
8. Short for 加拿大, Canada
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.

巾 ⇨ 冂 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
jiōng 1. down box
2. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs
gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down

加 ⇨ 力 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. physical strength; physical power; energy
      驚人。 - For a small woman she has surprising strength.
2. force; strength; power
     汽力 - steam power
     藥力 - efficacy of a drug
     力量 - power
     攻擊力 - firepower
3. (physics) force
      方向 位移 xiāng。 - This force is the same direction as the displacement.
4. ability; capability
     能力 - ability
      古董 鑑賞 。 - He has an eye for antiques.
5. power and influence; might
6. (literary) to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard
7. with all one's might; doing all in one's power
     力爭 - to work hard for
     力挽狂瀾 - to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation
     Li
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名