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Word and Radical Components of 出租车

The Chinese word 出租车 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
出租车 1. Simplified form of 出租車

出租车 ⇨ 出 + 租 + 车
Component Pinyin Meanings
出 chū 1. to go out; to leave; to exit
     Antonyms: 入
     出來 - to come out
     出國 - to leave one's country
2. to appear
     水落石出 - the truth is revealed, lit=the water recedes and the rocks appear
     語 出《論語·雍-也》 - It is from Yong Ye of the Analects.
3. to come; to arrive
     出席 - to attend
4. to send out; to put forth
     出 題目 - to set questions
     你 出錢，我 出力。 - You contribute money and I contribute my strength.
     我 給 他 出 了 個 好 主意。 - I came up with a good idea for him.
5. to exceed
     球 出界 了。 - The ball went out-of-bounds.
     不 出 一 年 - within one year
6. to produce; to turn out
     出 煤 - to produce coal
     他們 學校 出 了 個 高考 狀元。 - Their school produced a gaokao top scorer.
7. to happen; to arise
     出 問題 - to have a problem
     出 大事 了！ - Something big happened!
8. to vent
     出芽 - to sprout
     出汗 - to sweat
     出 水痘 - to have chickenpox
9. (ergative) to publish; to be released (e.g. a product, film, or announcement)
     這 本 書 是 哪 家 出版社 出 的？ - Which publisher published this book?
     Windows 10 已經 出 咗 一 年 - Windows 10 has already been out for a year
10. to expend
     量入為wéi出 - to budget one’s expenses according to one’s income
11. (Particle placed after verbs to indicate an outward movement.)
     拿出 你 的 身份證 - take out your ID card
     走出 香港 - to come out of Hong Kong
12. (Particle placed after verbs to indicate a completed action.) to determine
     想 不 出 辦法 - cannot come up with solutions
     睇 唔 出 有 咩 分別（問題） - don't see any difference (problem)
     食 唔 出 咩 味道 - doesn't have any flavor
13. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to buy (a mobile phone)
     出 部 電話waa6-2 畀 佢 用 - to buy a mobile phone for him to use
14. Simplified form of 齣
租 zū 1. to rent; to hire; to charter
2. to rent out; to lease
3. rent payment
4. land tax
     Zu
车 1. Variant of 車
2. Variant of 卓

出 ⇨ 屮 + 凵
Component Pinyin Meanings
屮 chè 1. sprout
2. new birth of plant
3. left hand
4. Variant of 草
5. Variant of 左
凵 1. open box
qiǎn 2. Variant of 坎
3. (obsolete) to open one's mouth

租 ⇨ 禾 + 且
Component Pinyin Meanings
禾 hé 1. grain; cereal
2. rice plant
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my
4. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop
且 qiě 1. this
2. almost; nearly
3. be going to; will; shall
4. just; for the time being
5. even (used for emphasis, often with a hypothetical extreme scenario)
6. (dialectal Mandarin) for a long time
     這 水 太 燙，且 得děi 晾 會huǐ兒r 呢。 - This water is so hot; it need to be left alone to cool down for a long time., M-UIB
     這zhèi 活兒r 且 幹 不bu 完 呢。 - , M-UIB
7. and; also (for juxtaposition)
     而且 - and; but also
     他 的 演講 簡短 且 切中zhòng 要害。 - His speech was short and to the point.
8. both ... and ...
9. or (to list alternatives)
10. moreover (to indicate progression)
11. if; assuming (to indicate hypotheticality)
12. (sentence-initial or sentence-medial modal particle)
jū 13. Alternative form of 俎 (chopping board)
14. many; numerous; flourishing
15. sixth month in the lunar calendar
16. (sentence-final modal particle)
17. Alternative form of 駔 (steed)
cú 18. Alternative form of 徂 (to go to)
jū 19. Only used in 次且 (hesitant in walking)
20. Variant of 祖

车 ⇨ 一 + + 十
Component Pinyin Meanings
一 一 1. one
     一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
     一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
     一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
     一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
     一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
     一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
     給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
5. same; identical
     大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
     大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
6. (classical) another; alternative
     蟋蟀，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
12.    Indicating the intention to try
13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
15. once; as soon as; upon
     一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
     我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
     一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
     一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
16. (gay slang) top
     一號 - yīhào - a top
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
18. =====Usage notes=====
yī 19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
20. one
21. each; every
22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect 23. (Beijing) one
24. =====Usage notes=====
1.
十 shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect

且 ⇨ +
Component Pinyin Meanings
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