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Word Components Pinyin Meanings
丿支 1. skin; peel; shell
     甩皮 - to have flaky skin; to have peeling skin
     樹皮 - bark
     香蕉 - banana peel
2. hide; leather
     皮鞋 - leather shoes
3. wrapper; cover; skin
     餃子zi - jiaozi wrapper
4. surface; top part
     水皮 - water surface
5. rubber
6. thin sheet
     鐵皮 - iron sheet
7. outer; superficial
8. sticky; glutinous
9. soggy; non-crispy
10. naughty; disobedient
11. thick-skinned
12. pico- (SI unit prefix)
13. (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars
14. (Cantonese) Short for 皮費, operation expense
扌支 1. skill; ability; talent; artistry; technique
2. ingenuity; creativity; inventiveness
壴支 1. (musical instrument) drum
     鼓手 - drummer
2. to drum; to beat a drum
3. (literary) to play; to perform; to sound (a musical instrument)
4. to beat; to clap
     鼓掌 - to clap hands
5. to incite; to encourage
     鼓勵 - to encourage
6. to protrude; to bulge
7. (attention, zh, also "drum set" (classifier 套?))
木支 zhī 1. branch; twig
      低垂 水面 shang。 - The branches of the willows drooped over the water.
      jiē 修剪 。 - He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.
      鉛筆 - a pencil
      - a gun
2. Alternative form of 跂 (extra toe)
3. Alternative form of 歧 (divergent)
尸彳支 1. (Classical, Cantonese, Hakka or Min) clogs; wooden shoes
忄支 zhì 1. to be stubborn
2. to be jealous; to hate enviously
止支 1. forked road
2. fork; divide
3. forked; divergent; different
女支 1. (classical, historical) female entertainer; female performer of song and dance
2. prostitute
3. (Used in 妓姕.)
支羽 chì 1. wing
2. fin
月支 zhī 1. (anatomy) limbs; feet
亻支 1. (literary) Alternative form of 技 (skill)
     伎倆liǎng - underhanded trick; dishonest tactic
2. (historical) performer, especially female entertainers whose profession involved singing and dancing, in ancient China
3. Only used in 伎伎
山支 1. (zh-used in, 岐山)
2. (Same as) 歧
3. Variant of 歧
口支 zhī, zī 1. (onomatopoeia) (sound of of creaking or squeaking)
2. (Taiwan, neologism, slang) supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
     Synonyms: 吱吱, 綠吱