Lexis Rex Home



Word and Radical Components of 维生素

The Chinese word 维生素 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
维生素 1. Simplified form of 維生素

维生素 ⇨ 维 + 生 + 素
Component Pinyin Meanings
维 1. Simplified form of 維
生 shēng, shēn 1. to live; to subsist; to exist
2. to grow; to develop; to bud
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
     他 妻子 生 了 一 對 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls.
4. to be born; to come into existence
     他 生 在 中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
5. pupil; disciple; student
     你 作為 全日制 生 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis.
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
7. (opera) actor or male character
8. Short for 先生, gentleman
9.    (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生, Mr.
10.   陳 生 - Mr. Chan
11. having life; live
     Synonyms: 活
     規矩 係 死 嘅，人 係 生 嘅。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
     條 魚jyu4-2 啱啱 喺 條 河 度 釣 上soeng5 嚟，仲 係 生saang1 嘅。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive.
12. life; existence; being; living
     殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life
13. fresh; not stale
14. unripe
15. raw; uncooked
     Antonyms: 熟
     生 洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
     我 覺gok3得 呢ni1 塊 肉 仲係 太 生。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
     生 黎 (shēng Lí) - wild Li
17. strange; unfamiliar
     生人 (shēngrén) - stranger
18. mechanically; forcedly
19. very; quite; extremely
     生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of
20. vivid; strong; forceful
21. innate; natural; born with
22. living things; organism
23. livelihood; subsistence
     謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living
24. lifetime; all one's life
     來生 (láishēng) - afterlife
25. birthday; anniversary
     慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
27. to generate; to breed; to create
28. to manufacture; to produce
29. to happen; to occur; to take place
30. to catch (a disease)
     我 生 了 什麼 病？ (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
     生seⁿ蛇 (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
31. to be infested by a parasite
     生 跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
     生 蝨乸 - to be infested with lice
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
34. to light; to ignite (a fire)
     母親 沒 有 生 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove.
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇).
     Synonyms: 仩
sāng 36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person
素 sù 1. white
     素面 - unadorned face; face without makeup
     素服 - white mourning clothes
2. plain
     素淨 - plain and neat
3. vegetarian (food)
     素菜 - vegetable dish; vegetarian dish
     吃素 - to live on a vegetarian diet; to be a vegetarian
     素食 - vegetarian foods; to maintain a vegetarian diet
4. original; unprocessed
     素材 - source material
     素質 - nature
5. usually; always; all along
     平素 - normally; usually
     素 不 往來 - have never had contact with each other
     武漢 素 稱「九省shěng.通衢」。 - Wuhan has always been called "the thoroughfare of the nine provinces".
6. element
     元素 - element
     維生素 - vitamin
     色素 - pigment
7. (mathematics) prime
     素數 - prime number
     互素 - coprime; relatively prime

维 ⇨ 纟 + 隹
Component Pinyin Meanings
纟 1. silk
2. Simplified form of 糹
隹 1. short-tailed bird

生 ⇨ + 土
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
土 tǔ 1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - 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
     我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - 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
     土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey
     俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
tú 11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士

素 ⇨ 龶 + 糸
Component Pinyin Meanings
龶 1.
纟 1. silk
2. Simplified form of 糹

龶 ⇨ 土 + 一
Component Pinyin Meanings
土 tǔ 1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - 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
     我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - 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
     土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey
     俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
tú 11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士
一 一 1. one
     一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
     一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
     一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
     一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
     一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
     一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
     給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
5. same; identical
     大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
     大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
6. (classical) another; alternative
     蟋蟀，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
12.    Indicating the intention to try
13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
15. once; as soon as; upon
     一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
     我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
     一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
     一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
16. (gay slang) top
     一號 - yīhào - a top
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
18. =====Usage notes=====
yī 19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
20. one
21. each; every
22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect 23. (Beijing) one
24. =====Usage notes=====