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Word and Radical Components of 侦探

The Chinese word 侦探 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
侦探 1. Simplified form of 偵探

侦探 ⇨ 侦 + 探
Component Pinyin Meanings
侦 1. Simplified form of 偵
探 tàn, tān 1. to reach for; to grope for
2. to find; to locate
3. to search; to explore
4. to inquire
5. to visit
6. to scout; to spy
7. spy
8. to try
9. to extend; to stretch out

侦 ⇨ 亻 + 贞
Component Pinyin Meanings
亻 rén 1. Side form of the person (人) radical.
2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁.
贞 1. Simplified form of 貞

探 ⇨ 扌 + 罙
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
罙 1. Variant of 冞
2. Variant of ?
3. Variant of 穼

贞 ⇨ 卜
Component Pinyin Meanings
卜 bǔ 1. divination
2. to divine
3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
     生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
4. (literary) to choose
     卜居 - to choose a place to live
5. Simplified form of 蔔
6. Variant of 欲

罙 ⇨ 㓁 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
㓁 1.
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.