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Word and Radical Components of 竖琴

The Chinese word 竖琴 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
竖琴 1. Simplified form of 豎琴

竖琴 ⇨ 竖 + 琴
Component Pinyin Meanings
竖 1. Simplified form of 豎
琴 qín 1. (musical instrument) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin
2. (musical instrument) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.
3. (musical instrument, specifically) piano (attn, zh, just Hong Kong?)
4. (Cantonese) yesterday

竖 ⇨ 丨 + 丨 + 又 + 立
Component Pinyin Meanings
丨 gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down
丨 gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down
又 yòu 1. again; once more
     又 下雨 了！ - It's raining again!
     想 了 又 想 - to think and think; to deeply think about
     一次 又 一次 的 失敗 - failure after failure
2. (Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities); both ... and ...
     聰明 又 漂亮liang - smart and pretty
     我 又 餓 又 渴。 - I am hungry and thirsty.
     我 又 想 去，又 不 想 去，該 怎麼 辦？ - I want to go, but I also don't want to go, what should I do?
3. also; in addition
     達·芬-奇 是 科學家，又 是 藝術家。 - Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist also an artist.
4. (Used between a whole number and a fraction)
     四 小時 又 十 分鐘 - four hours and ten minutes
     二 又 三 分 之 一 - two and a third
5. but; on the other hand
6. (Used in negative statements and rhetorical questions for emphasis)
     這樣 做 對 你 又 有 什麼 好處？ - What good for you is there in doing that?
     嗰 啲 嘢 又 唔係 我 做，關 我 咩 事 啫。 - Why should I care about that! It's not like I did it.
     我 又 唔係 冇錢。 - It's not like I'm broke.
7. usage. Compared to 又 is used for something that already happened.
立 lì 1. to stand
2. to erect
3. to set up; to establish
4. to institute; to lay down; to draw up; to compose (legal document)
5. to exist; to live
6. standing
7. to place on the throne; to take the throne
8. upright; vertical
9. immediately; at once
     立刻 - immediately
     不 買 立 省shěng @100% - buy nothing and save 100% immediately
10. (Min Nan) litre

琴 ⇨ 玨 + 今
Component Pinyin Meanings
玨 jué 1. (archaic) two pieces of jade joined together
今 jīn 1. now; at present; current
     今天 - the current day; today
     從今以後 - from now onwards.
     Synonyms: 現在
2. modern times
     古往今來 - from ancient to modern times.
     Synonyms: 現代
     Antonyms: 古
3. this
     今 夏 - this summer
     今次 - this time
     Synonyms: 此, 這
4. (literary) thus; promptly
     Synonyms: 即, 立刻
5. (literary) if
     Synonyms: 若, 假如
6. (Min Nan, Puxian Min) now
7. (Min Nan) then; in that case

玨 ⇨ 玉
Component Pinyin Meanings
玉 yù 1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
     一 塊 玉juk6-2 - a piece of jade
     玉佩 - jade pendant -
     玉石俱焚 - the good and the bad perish together, lit=jade and stone incinerated together -
2. pure; beautiful
     玉容 - beautiful face (of a woman) -
     亭亭玉立 - slender and graceful (of a woman) -
     錦衣玉食 - to live a luxurious life -
3. (honorific) your
     玉照 - your photograph -
4. (Cantonese, borrowing) Alternative form of 肉
5.    Used in 玉冰燒
     Yu
6. Variant of 鬱