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Word and Radical Components of 水平仪

The Chinese word 水平仪 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
水平仪 1. Simplified form of 水平儀

水平仪 ⇨ 水 + 平 + 仪
Component Pinyin Meanings
shuǐ 1. water
      謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
     喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
     冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
     冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
     凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
     熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
     開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
     滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
     水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
     水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
     水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
     雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
     海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
     飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
     礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
     蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
     水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
     水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
     碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
     脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
     水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
     雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
2. liquid; potion; juice
     口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
     汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
     羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
     香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
     眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
      什麼 ? (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
      sím ? (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
4. (archaic) river
     漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
5. body of water
     水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
      (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
6. flood
     發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
7. additional cost or income
8. (dialectal) rain
9. (Cantonese) money
     磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
     loek6-1 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
      - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
13. to swim
     水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
     這裡 大學 。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
15. Short for 划水 (gloss=to shirk; to slack off)
16. one of the five elements of Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) (五行)
17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
18. Sui people
     水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
19. Variant of 媠
píng 1. level; even; flat
      (píng fàng) - to put horizontally
     平原 (píngyuán) - plain
     馬路 。 (Mǎlù hěn píng.) - The road is very flat.
2. equal; fair
     平分 (píngfēn) - to divide evenly
     持平 (chípíng) - impartial
     (syn, zh, )
3. equal
     平輩 (píngbèi) - same generation
     平起平坐 (píngqǐpíngzuò) - to be on an equal footing
      世界 紀錄 (píng le shìjiè jìlù) - equalled a world record
     雙方 。 (Shuāngfāng dǎ chéng wǔ píng.) - They reached 5-5.
4. to level; to make level
5. calm; peaceful
     太平 (tàipíng) - peaceful and tranquil
     風平浪靜 (fēngpínglàngjìng) - to have no waves
     心平氣和 (xīnpíngqìhé) - even-tempered and good-humoured
     (syn, zh, , )
6. to calm down; to make peaceful; to quiet down
      民憤 (píng mínfèn) - to assuage popular indignation
      ! (Nǐ xiān píng píng qì!) - Just calm down a bit first!
7. to pacify
     平叛 (píngpàn) - to suppress a rebellion
8. ordinary; common; mediocre; average
     平日 (píngrì) - normal days
     平凡 (píngfán) - ordinary
     平民 (píngmín) - civilian
     (syn, zh, , )
     (ant, zh, , )
9. (Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)
     平上shǎng去入 (píngshǎngqùrù) - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level, rising, departing and checked
     陽平 (yángpíng) - light level tone
10. (Cantonese, Hakka) cheap; inexpensive
     peng4 機票piu3 - cheap air tickets
     peng4 ? - Can it be cheaper?
     不如 peng4 peng4-2 dei6-2 。 - What about selling it to me at a lower price?
     (ant, zh, , tr=-)
11. (Min Nan, Hakka) the same
      。 (i1 gah4 ua2 bên5 guin5.) - He is as tall as me., MN-T
12. (historical) (zh-short, 北平)
      戰役 (Píng Jīn zhànyì) - Pingjin campaign
13. Short for 平方米 (square metre) Used with numbers without classifiers.
14. , number 95 of the Baijiaxing
pián 15. Alternative form of 辨
bìng 16. (obsolete) to control prices
17. Variant of 抨
1. Simplified form of 儀

平 ⇨ 干 + 丷
Component Pinyin Meanings
gàn 1. dry
2. Variant of 乾
3. Simplified form of 幹
4. Variant of 豻
5. Variant of 贛
bā, dàobāzì 1. (Component variant of 八*.)

仪 ⇨ 亻 + 义
Component Pinyin Meanings
rén 1. Side form of the person (人) radical.
2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁.
1. Variant of 義
2. Variant of 叉

丷 ⇨ 丶 + 丿
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)
丿 piě 1. slash
2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. (zh-hist-ghost) to arrive

义 ⇨ 乂 + 丶
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Original form of 刈 (to weed; to mow)
2. to govern; to control; to manage; to regulate
3. to nurture
ài 4. to discipline; to punish
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)