| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 衣架 | yījià | 1. n. coat hanger |
| 2. n. clothes rack | ||
| 3. n. (figurative) figure; body | ||
| 4. n. (figurative, specifically) someone who is in shape; someone who has a good figure | ||
| 5. n. (figurative) someone who only has appearances but no substance |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 衣 | yī | 1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing |
| 衣服 - clothes | ||
| 內衣 - underwear | ||
| 睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas | ||
| 2. coating; covering; skin | ||
| 糖衣 - sugar coating | ||
| 槍衣 - gun cover | ||
| 3. membrane; film | ||
| 4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta | ||
| yì, yī | 衣yì錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory | 架 | jià | 1. rack; stand; prop; frame; framework |
| 2. to prop up; to support | ||
| 3. to put up; to construct; to frame | ||
| 4. quarrel; fight | ||
| 一 架 飛機 - an airplane - | ||
| 5. (dialectal) | ||
| 一 架 車 - a car - | ||
| 一 架 單車 - a bike - | ||
| 6. (Min Nan) to place; to put; to rest on |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 亠 | tóu | 1. lid |
| 2. couvercle (Kangxi radical) | 1. |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 加 | jiā | 1. to put on top of another object |
| 2. to add; to put in | ||
| 加 鹽 - to add salt | ||
| 3. to increase; to raise | ||
| 4. to impose; to foist; to grant | ||
| 5. (placed after a monosyllabic adverb to indicate an increase in the degree); more | ||
| 6. (arithmetic) to add | ||
| Antonyms: 減 | ||
| 7. (social media) to friend | ||
| 掃碼 加 我 - scan the QR code to friend me | ||
| 加 你 微信 - to add your WeChat | ||
| 8. Short for 加拿大, Canada | 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. |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 力 | lì | 1. physical strength; physical power; energy |
| 她 個gè子 雖 小 但 力 大 驚人。 - For a small woman she has surprising strength. | ||
| 2. force; strength; power | ||
| 汽力 - steam power | ||
| 藥力 - efficacy of a drug | ||
| 力量 - power | ||
| 攻擊力 - firepower | ||
| 3. (physics) force | ||
| 這 個 力 的 方向 與 位移 相xiāng同。 - This force is the same direction as the displacement. | ||
| 4. ability; capability | ||
| 能力 - ability | ||
| 他 對 古董 很 有 鑑賞 力。 - He has an eye for antiques. | ||
| 5. power and influence; might | ||
| 6. (literary) to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard | ||
| 7. with all one's might; doing all in one's power | ||
| 力爭 - to work hard for | ||
| 力挽狂瀾 - to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation | ||
| Li | 口 | kǒu | 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity |
| 漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
| 這 話 出自 你 的 口，聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth. | ||
| 2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object) | ||
| 入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance | ||
| 出口 (chūkǒu) - exit | ||
| 門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway | ||
| 3. gateway | ||
| 張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou | ||
| 口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall | ||
| 口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) | ||
| 4. hole; cut | ||
| 口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole | ||
| 傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound | ||
| 5. port | ||
| 電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port | ||
| Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
| 6. perimeter | ||
| 人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
| 戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
| 7. government organ; department | ||
| 三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
| 我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
| 8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
| 9. Variant of 名 |