Word and Radical Components of 水龙头
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 水龙头 | shuǐlóngtóu | 1. n. tap, faucet |
水龙头 ⇨ 水 + 龙 + 头
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | 1. water |
| 2. liquid; potion; juice | ||
| 口水 - saliva | ||
| 3. river | ||
| 漢水 - the Han River | ||
| 4. body of water | ||
| 5. waterway | ||
| 6. flood | ||
| 7. additional cost or income | ||
| 8. (Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.) | ||
| 9. (Sui people) | 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) |