The Chinese word 水龙头 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
水龙头
shuǐlóngtóu
1. n. tap, faucet
水龙头 ⇨ 水 + 龙 + 头
Component
Pinyin
Meanings
水
1.
龙
lóng
1. (mythology) Chinese dragon
2. (mythology) Western dragon
3. (figurative) emperor; sovereign; king; of the emperor
4. (figurative) chief; hero; towering figure
5. (by extension) dragon-shaped object; long object
6. (by extension) dragon-adorned object
7. (zoology) Short for 恐龍 (dinosaur)
8. (Min Dong) to become clear-minded; to be revitalised
头
tóu
1. (anatomy) head
我頭不再痛了。 - My head doesn't hurt any more.
2. hair
3. top; tip; end
4. chief; boss
5. remnant; end
我有兩頭豬。 - I have two pigs.
6. first; leading
7. (Diminutive suffix.)
头 ⇨ ⺀ + 大
Component
Pinyin
Meanings
⺀
1.
大
tài
1. too; so (modifying adjectives; often used with了 at the end of the sentence for emphasis)
dà
2. big; large; huge
太熱了! - It's so hot!
3. big; great; deep
別吃太多派。 - Don't eat too much pie.
4. main; major
5. (usually in negative sentences) very; quite
6. loud; heavy
他不太舒服。 - He's not very well.
7. mature; grown up
8. most; utmost
9. greatly; very much
10. highest; greatest
11. (dialectal) father
12. senior; noble
13. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
14. wife; Miss; Mrs
15. Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
太太tai - wife
北Běi 大Dà - Peking University
dài, dà
16. Only used in 大夫 (doctor)
17. Only used in 大城 (Daicheng, Hebei)
18. Only used in 大王 ((in operas, old novels) king; ringleader)