Word and Radical Components of 檐槽
檐槽 ⇨ + 檐 + 槽
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 檐 | yán | 1. eaves of a house |
| 2. brim; rim; edge | 槽 | cáo | 1. manger; trough from which livestock feeds |
| 2. square or rectangular container | ||
| 3. concave section; depression | ||
| 4. ditch; trench; canal | ||
| 5. (dialectal) | ||
| 6. (dialectal) |
⇨ 宀 + 字 + 面 + 面 + 巾 + 飠 + 飠 + 求 + 門 + 門 +
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 宀 | mián | 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms |
| 2. a kind of flower | ||
| 3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”)) | ||
| 4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭. | 字 | zì | 1. letter; symbol; character, especially a Chinese character |
| 這個 字 怎麼 唸？ (Zhège zì zěnme niàn?) - How do you read this character? | ||
| 字母 (zìmǔ) - letter | ||
| 字串 (zìchuàn) - character string | ||
| 2. word; term; wording; diction | ||
| 這 字 拼 錯 了。 (Zhè zì pīn cuò le.) - This word is wrongly spelt; you've left out a letter. | ||
| 3. (computing) word | ||
| 4. handwriting; writing | ||
| 他 的 字 很 差chà。 (Tā de zì hěn chà.) - His handwriting is very bad. | ||
| 5. (historic) courtesy name; Chinese-style name (a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20 and females at the age of 15) | ||
| 6. (historic) to style; to give someone a courtesy name | ||
| 7. (calligraphy) style of handwriting; printing type | ||
| 8. (calligraphy) (a calligrapher's) calligraphy work | ||
| 9. written letter; message; correspondence | ||
| 10. receipt; contract; slip | ||
| 11. pronunciation of a character; pronunciation | ||
| 12. (colloquial) side of a coin with written characters; tails | ||
| Antonyms: 鏝 | ||
| 13. (Cantonese, Min, Malaysia, Singapore) five minutes (derived from the locations of 1 to 12 on a clock face) | ||
| 三 個 字 - fifteen minutes i.e. when the minute hand points to 3 | ||
| 七 點 兩nn̄g 字 (chhit tiám nn̄g jī) - ten past seven, MN | ||
| 一 個 字 - tr=zêg8 gai5 ri7, five minutes i.e. when the minute hand points to 1, MN-T | ||
| 而家 係 一 點 十一 個 字。 - It's five to two now. (Literally: It's one o'clock and eleven five-minutes.) | ||
| 爭zaang1 三 個 字 到 六 點 - a quarter to six (Literally: Missing three five-minutes to six o'clock) | ||
| 待字閨中 (dàizìguīzhōng) - to stay in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed | ||
| 14. (obsolete or Guzhang Waxiang) to love; to cherish; to care very much for | ||
| 15. (Luxi Waxiang) to envy; to be jealous of; to admire | 面 | miàn | 1. (literary or dialectal) face |
| 面 帶 笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face | ||
| 你 塊 面 有 笪 嘢。 - There's something on your face. | ||
| 2. surface; top; face | ||
| 水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface | ||
| 路面 - lùmiàn - road surface | ||
| 3. aspect; side; respect | ||
| 全面 - quánmiàn - overall | ||
| 4. right side; cover; outside | ||
| 5. (geometry) face | ||
| 長方體 有 六 個 面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces. | ||
| 6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face | ||
| 冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C | ||
| 7. to meet | ||
| 面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world | ||
| 8. face-to-face | ||
| 面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face | ||
| 面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face | ||
| 9. to face | ||
| 面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall | ||
| 背 山 面 水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water | ||
| 10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality) | ||
| 前面 - qiánmiàn - in front | ||
| 上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place | ||
| 西面 - xīmiàn - west | ||
| 11. Short for 面試, interview | ||
| HR面 - tr=HRmiàn - | ||
| 一 面 國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag | ||
| 一 面 鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum | ||
| 我 和 他 只 見 過guo 一 面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once. | ||
| 12. Simplified form of 麵 | 面 | miàn | 1. (literary or dialectal) face |
| 面 帶 笑容 - miàn dài xiàoróng - to have a smile on one's face | ||
| 你 塊 面 有 笪 嘢。 - There's something on your face. | ||
| 2. surface; top; face | ||
| 水面 - shuǐmiàn - water surface | ||
| 路面 - lùmiàn - road surface | ||
| 3. aspect; side; respect | ||
| 全面 - quánmiàn - overall | ||
| 4. right side; cover; outside | ||
| 5. (geometry) face | ||
| 長方體 有 六 個 面。 ( Chángfāngtǐ yǒu liù ge miàn.) - A cuboid has six faces. | ||
| 6. (Cantonese, Singapore, &, Penang Hokkien) dignity; reputation; face | ||
| 冇面min6-2 - mou5 min6-2 - to lose face; to be embarrassed, C | ||
| 7. to meet | ||
| 面世 - miànshì - to come out, lit=to meet the world | ||
| 8. face-to-face | ||
| 面談 - miàntán - to talk with someone face to face | ||
| 面告 - miàngào - to inform face to face | ||
| 9. to face | ||
| 面壁 - miànbì - to face the wall | ||
| 背 山 面 水 - bèi shān miàn shuǐ - backing on to a mountain and facing a body of water | ||
| 10. (suffix used to form a noun of locality) | ||
| 前面 - qiánmiàn - in front | ||
| 上面 - shàngmiàn - higher place | ||
| 西面 - xīmiàn - west | ||
| 11. Short for 面試, interview | ||
| HR面 - tr=HRmiàn - | ||
| 一 面 國旗 - yī miàn guóqí - a national flag | ||
| 一 面 鼓 - yī miàn gǔ - a drum | ||
| 我 和 他 只 見 過guo 一 面。 (Wǒ hé tā zhǐ jiàn guo yī miàn.) - I have only met him once. | ||
| 12. Simplified form of 麵 | 巾 | jīn | 1. turban |
| 2. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief | ||
| 3. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China | 饣 | 1. eat |
| 2. Simplified form of 飠 | 饣 | 1. eat |
| 2. Simplified form of 飠 | 求 | qiú | 1. to seek; to look for |
| 求《月亮 代表 我 的 心》的 歌詞 - looking for the lyrics to "The Moon Represents My Heart". | ||
| 2. to beg; to request; to implore | ||
| 求 他 別 走 - begged for him to not leave | ||
| 3. to request; to ask for | ||
| 4. to require; to demand | ||
| 5. to covet; to seek (fame, riches) | ||
| 6. to attract | 门 | 1. gate |
| 2. Simplified form of 門 | 门 | 1. gate |
| 2. Simplified form of 門 |
檐 ⇨ 木 + 詹
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 詹 | zhān | 1. verbose; garrulous |
| 2. to talk too much; to be verbose | ||
| 3. to arrive; to reach | ||
| 4. to manage; to administer | ||
| 5. Alternative form of 瞻 (to look upward or forward) | ||
| 詹 天-佑 - Zhan Tianyou (Chinese railroad engineer) |
槽 ⇨ 木 + 曹
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 曹 | cáo | 1. (obsolete) plaintiff and defendant |
| 2. (obsolete) division department of the central government in ancient times | ||
| 3. (obsolete) official | ||
| 4. (obsolete) group | ||
| 5. (literary) people of the same kind | ||
| 爾曹 - you all | ||
| 6. (historical) Cao, a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-221 BC), covering roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County in Heze, southwestern Shandong province | ||
| 曹 操 - Cao Cao |
字 ⇨ 宀 + 子
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 宀 | mián | 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms |
| 2. a kind of flower | ||
| 3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”)) | ||
| 4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭. | 子 | zǐ | 1. (literary) child; offspring |
| 2. son | ||
| 獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son | ||
| 愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son | ||
| 一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter | ||
| 3. (literary) descendant; posterity | ||
| 4. (Christianity) the Son | ||
| 5. (in compounds) person | ||
| 女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman | ||
| 6. (literary) master; teacher | ||
| 7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames. | ||
| 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius) | ||
| 老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi | ||
| 8. (literary, polite) you | ||
| 9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form. | ||
| 葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed | ||
| 10. egg | ||
| 魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar | ||
| 11. young; tender; small | ||
| 12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub- | ||
| 子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory | ||
| 13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am) | ||
| 14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty) | ||
| 15. (physics, biology) -on | ||
| 16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule | ||
| 17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm | ||
| 18. (Min Nan) | ||
| zi | 19. Suffix: | |
| 20. Used to nominalize. | ||
| 21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle | ||
| 22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush | ||
| 23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person | ||
| 24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers. | ||
| 25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden | ||
| 26. small, round object | ||
| 算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN | ||
| 27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou) | ||
| 28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan) |
詹 ⇨ 厃 + 儿 + 言
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 厃 | 1. | 儿 | 1. legs |
| 2. Simplified form of 兒 | ||
| 3. usage. May be used to specially write erhua (or the rhotic sound) in traditional Chinese, in contrast with child. | ||
| 4. Variant of 人 | 讠 | 1. speech |
| 2. Simplified form of 訁 |