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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
丨土 zài 1. to exist; to be alive
      ? - Are you here?
2. to be at; to be in; to be located
      哪裡? - Where is he?
     旅館 購物.中心 附近。 - The hotel is located near the new shopping center.
      只塊。 - tr=ua2 do6 zi2 go3., I am here., MN-T
3. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
      電視。 - I'm watching TV.
      米飯。 - He's eating rice.
      食飯。 - tr=ua2 do6 ziah8 beng7., I am eating., MN-T
4. (located) in; at
      中國。 - I live in China.
     我們 當地 報紙 廣告。 - We put an ad in the local paper.
     每天 下午 家裡 工作。 - Every afternoon he works at home.
5. during; in
      打算 jià 什麼? - What do you plan to do during the holidays?
      日記 生前 未曾 發表 。 - His diary was not published during his lifetime.
6. to lie in; to rest with
     事在人為wéi - human effort can achieve everything;
     成功 堅持。 - Perseverance is vital to success.
      自己。 - It's up to you whether to go or not.
7. to be at the post
     在職 - to be on the job; to be at one's post
     在野 - to be out of office
8. (zh-misspelling of 再)
9. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 佇 (-, t=at, in)
1. Variant of 個
乜丨 1. also; too; as well; (in negative sentences) neither; either
      。 - I also went.
      中國人。 - I am Chinese too.
      如果 。 - If you don't go, I won't either.
      沒有 看見 。 - I haven't seen it either.
2. (Used for emphasis.)
      不像話 。 - This is way too outrageous.
3.    (With object fronting.)
4.   他 飯 也 不 吃,覺 也 不 睡。 - (Disappointingly) he neither eats nor sleeps.
5.    (Used in the (m, zh, 連……也……) constructions for stronger emphasis. Interchangeable with 都.) even
6.   他 連 畜生 也 不如,連 自己 的 父母 也 不 養活。 - He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents.
7.    (Used in the (m, zh, 再……也……) concessive constructions.) still, anyway, nevertheless
8.   你 再 聰明,也 回答 不了liǎo 這 個 問題。 - No matter how smart you are, you won't be able to answer this question.
9. (Classical) (Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate;) to be (although not grammatically a verb)
      。 - I am a person, too.
      西 天下 。 - In the west there are great mountains, which are the tallest in the world.
10.    (Often used more loosely than the English copula to indicate a cause or relation.)
11. (Classical) (Topic-marking particle used at the end of noun phrases.)
     (syn, zh, )
12.    when, at the time of; (especially commonly used for temporal topics, often as (m, zh, 及其……也).)
13. (Classical) (Verb phrase-final particle marking continuous aspect, especially common for assertions of unchanging fact.)
14. (Teochew) if
15. . Ye
亻丨一矢 hòu 1. to reconnoitre; to scout
2. to observe; to survey
3. to wait for; to await
4. to respectfully await
5. to visit; to send one's respects to
6. to wait on; to attend to; to take care of
7. to forecast; to predict (by divination)
8. (historical) scout; lookout; vanguard
9. (historical) Alternative form of 堠 (fortress)
10. (historical) official
11. (historical) posthouse; station
12. (historical) pentad (ancient time unit composed of five days)
13. climate; season
14. omen; sign; portent
15. (TCM) to examine (pulse)
16. (TCM) medical sign and symptom
17. (dialectal) to pay for (a bill)
口丨 zhōng 1. middle; center
     居中 - to be placed in the middle
     華中 - Central China
2. medium; intermediary
     中型 - medium-size; mid-size
      夾克 尺碼。 - You can get the jacket in three sizes - small, medium and large.
3. within; among; in
      - in the water
     我們 中間 一個 15 女孩。 - A 15-year-old girl was among us.
      事故 受傷。 - He was injured in the accident.
4. while; in the process of; during; in the middle of
     發展..國家 - developing countries
     網頁 正在 建設 。 - The website is under construction.
5. to be fit for
     中用 - to be useful
     中聽 - pleasant to the ear
6. heart; innermost being
7. intermediary
8. (dialectal) all right; OK
9. Short for 中國 (gloss=China; Chinese)
     中醫 - traditional Chinese medicine
      關係 - China–United States relation
10. Short for 中學 (gloss=middle school) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
     Sān Zhōng - No.3 Middle School
11. 1st tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "the center" (?)
zhòng 12. to hit the mark; to be correct; to be successful
     導彈 成功 zhòng 目標。 - The missile successfully hit the target.
      zhòng 。 - He turns out to be correct.
13. to be hit by; to suffer; to be affected by
     zhòng - to suffer a heat stroke
      試圖 肩膀 zhòng 。 - As he tried to crawl away, he was hit in the shoulder.
      zhòng 肺炎。 - He has contracted pneumonia.
14. to win (a prize, a lottery)
     zhòng - win a lottery
     zung3 六合彩 - won the lottery
一丿冂丨丨 ér 1. and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)
     偉大 艱巨 任務 - a great and arduous task
2. then (connecting two verbs or verb-phrases); and
3. and yet; but; nevertheless (conjunction indicating concession or contrast)
      其實 - in name but not in reality
4. to (often used with (zh-m, *自))
     自上而下 - from top to bottom; top-down
5. (particle between adverbial element and verb to indicate cause, purpose, or manner)
     半途而廢 - to give up halfway
     不幸而言中zhòng - to make an accurate prediction despite its unfortunate nature
6.    (particle between two verbs or verb phrases indicating that the first is used adverbially)
7.   不得其門而入 - to fail to understand (literally, "to be unable to enter by finding the gate")
8. (modal particle indicating hypothetical condition)
9. (modal particle indicating tendency or immediate action)
10. (literary) you; your
巳丨 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)
      - 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)
     (zh-co, 小巴, minibus)
22. (physics) bar (unit of pressure)
23. (Cantonese) bar (solid object)
     (zh-co, 電巴, busbar, C)
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
二丨凵 1. Simplified form of 擊
丿丨弓 1. (Classical or Wu) not
     (syn, zh, wuu:)
      ! - tr=3ngu&5veq iau&4taq+3hhi&2qi, I don't want to go with him!, SH
     對弗起 - tr=, Sorry, W-SZ
2. (zh-used, 弗弗)
3. Alternative form of 祓
4. (zh-o) to straighten; to correct
5. (zh-used2, t)
6. Variant of 費
夭丿丨 1. Simplified form of 喬
丨丨又糸 1. Simplified form of 緊
䒑丨丨 1. Simplified form of 業
2. Variant of 丘
3. Variant of 北
丷二丨 bàn 1. half
     全國 人口 一半 - half of the national population
      - 1½ pounds
     十點 - 10:30
2. very little
3. halfway, partially, semi-
      - partially in a stupor, partially awake (attention, zh, please check)
4. (Hong Kong, informal, neologism) half past
      - half past nine
5. usage. 半 + noun means "and a half".
      麵包 - half a loaf of bread
      麵包 - two and a half loaves of bread