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Word and Radical Components of 电梯

The Chinese word 电梯 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
电梯 1. Simplified form of 電梯

电梯 ⇨ 电 + 梯
Component Pinyin Meanings
电 1. Simplified form of 電
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 -

电 ⇨ 田 + 乚
Component Pinyin Meanings
田 tián 1. farmland
     一 塊 玉米 田 - a corn field -
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     油田 - oil field -
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田, Ovaltine
     Synonyms: 華田
     凍 田 - iced Ovaltine -
4. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
     田 漢 - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
乚 1. Variant of 乙
2. Variant of 隱

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)

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