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Word and Radical Components of 肥皂

The Chinese word 肥皂 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
肥皂 féizào 1. n. soap
2. n. (obsolete) (vern, Chinese honey locust) (, or other similar plants, pounded into pieces)
     Synonyms: 皂莢, 皂角
3. n. (slang) genocide victim

肥皂 ⇨ 肥 + 皂
Component Pinyin Meanings
肥 féi 1. fat; plump; obese (adjective)
     農場 裡 的 小豬 長zhǎng 得de 肥-肥 的，好 可愛。 - The pigs in the farm are quite plump, very cute.
     一時 嫌 人 肥，一時 嫌 人 瘦，都 唔 知 點 好。 - Sometimes, I'm criticized for being fat, while other times, I'm criticized for being skinny. I don't know what to do.
2. fat; fatness (noun)
     減肥 - to lose weight -
3. fertile
4. fertiliser
     化肥 - chemical fertilizer -
     氮肥 - nitrogenous fertilizer -
     施肥 - to apply fertilizer -
5. (usually derogatory) benefit; advantage; gain
6. =====Usage notes=====
7. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fail (a test)
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to fail (someone) in a test
皂 zào 1. black
     不分青紅皂白 - (literally) to not distinguish between blue-green, red, black and white.
2. Short for 皂斗, acorn
3. Short for 皂莢, (vern, Chinese honey locust)
4. soap
     Synonyms: 肥皂
     香皂 - scented soap
     Synonyms: 差役

肥 ⇨ 月 + 巴
Component Pinyin Meanings
月 yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明
巴 bā 1. (ancient Chinese mythology) a huge snake that could swallow an elephant
2. to greatly desire; to anxiously hope; to long for
3. (Used as a suffix for objects that are located below or behind.)
     尾巴ba - tail
     下巴ba - chin
4. (Used as a suffix for objects that are clumped together due to dryness or stickiness.)
     泥巴ba - mud
5. to cling to; to stick to
6. (Jilu Mandarin, Sichuan, dialectal Wu) to be close to; to be next to
7. (Beijing, Jilu Mandarin) to open; to spread
8. (Sichuan) to suit; to fit
9. (Sichuan) to follow
10. (Sichuan) to be intimate
11. (Sichuan) to involve; to implicate
12. (Sichuan) to kiss up; to curry favour
13. (Sichuan) to subsidize
14. (Sichuan) to infect; to contract
15. (dialectal Mandarin, including, Beijing, Shandong, Xinjiang) to sew; to stitch on
16. (Southwestern Mandarin, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou Min Nan) dried object
17. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese)
     打 佢 一 巴 - to give him a slap
18. (Jiaoliao Mandarin, Sichuan) along
19. (historical) (place, zh, ancient state, in modern-day, p/Sichuan, t1=Ba)
20. eastern Sichuan and Chongqing
21. Short for 巴士, bus
     小巴 - minibus -
22. (physics) bar (unit of pressure)
23. (Cantonese) bar (solid object)
     電巴 - busbar -
24. Short for 巴勒斯坦, Palestine
25. Short for 巴基斯坦, Pakistan
26. Short for 巴拿馬, Panama
27. Short for 巴哈馬, The Bahamas
28. Short for 巴拉圭, Paraguay
29. Variant of 芭
30. Variant of 笆
31. Variant of 粑

皂 ⇨ 白 + 七
Component Pinyin Meanings
白 bái, bó 1. white
     白色 (báisè) - white color
     白茶 (báichá) - white tea
2. clear; easy to understand
     明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious
     淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple
3. clear; pure; plain; blank
     白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper
     白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper
     白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water
     白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee
4. bright; well-lit
5. eminent; prominent
6. vernacular
     白話 (báihuà) - spoken language
7. dialect
     蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect
     京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect
8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading)
9. reactionary; anticommunist
     白軍 (báijūn) - The White army
     白區 (báiqū) - The White area
     白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror
10. in vain; for nothing
     我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain.
     她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain.
     他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain.
     所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing.
     白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing
     白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing
11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
     你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free.
12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
     她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare.
13. to explain; to present; to state
     自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess
     開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble
     表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself
     辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself
14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
     我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places.
     我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character.
15. spoken lines
     念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera
     道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera
     獨白 (dúbái) - monologue
     對白 (duìbái) - dialogue
16. funeral
     紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals
17. . Bai
     白 崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi
18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
七 qī 1. seven
2. (printing) agate: The size of type between 8, standardized as 5½ point.
3. Variant of ?

巴 ⇨ 巳 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
巳 sì 1. sixth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. snake (蛇) of Chinese zodiac
3. Variant of 已
丨 gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down

七 ⇨ 乚 + 一
Component Pinyin Meanings
乚 1. Variant of 乙
2. Variant of 隱
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=====