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Word and Radical Components of 动物

The Chinese word 动物 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
动物 1. Simplified form of 動物

动物 ⇨ 动 + 物
Component Pinyin Meanings
动 1. Simplified form of 動
2. Simplified form of 働
物 wù 1. thing, matter
     物體 - object
     動物 - animal lit. moving thing
2. all of the outside world, excluding oneself
3. substance, content
4. Short for 物理 (physics)
5. to choose, to select
6. to seek, to look for
     物色 - to seek out, to scout out
7. (Teochew) to do
     家己 物 (ga1 gi7 muêh8, MN-T) - do it by oneself
8. (obsolete) Alternative form of 勿
9. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 乜 (what)

动 ⇨ 云 + 力
Component Pinyin Meanings
云 1. Simplified form of 雲
yún 2. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
3. A particle.
4.    originated from 妘
5.    originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵
6.    originated from surname 牒云
7.    simplified from 雲
8. (Quanzhou, , Xiamen, &, Philippines Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around
9. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 云, equivalent to the 3rd(等) of the initial (ltc-l, 喻)
力 lì 1. physical strength; physical power; energy
     她 個gè子 雖 小 但 力 大 驚人。 - For a small woman she has surprising strength.
2. force; strength; power
     汽力 - steam power
     藥力 - efficacy of a drug
     力量 - power
     攻擊力 - firepower
3. (physics) force
     這 個 力 的 方向 與 位移 相xiāng同。 - This force is the same direction as the displacement.
4. ability; capability
     能力 - ability
     他 對 古董 很 有 鑑賞 力。 - He has an eye for antiques.
5. power and influence; might
6. (literary) to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard
7. with all one's might; doing all in one's power
     力爭 - to work hard for
     力挽狂瀾 - to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation
     Li

物 ⇨ 牜 + 勿
Component Pinyin Meanings
牛 niú 1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak
2. beef
     乾gān炒.牛河 - beef chow fun
3. stubborn; pigheaded
4. (colloquial) arrogant
5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
     牛屄 - vulgar awesome
     牛人 - an awesome person
6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn
7. (physics) Short for 牛頓, tr=niúdùn, newton
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛, transformer
     牛 僧-孺 - Niu Sengru (Tang politician)
勿 wù 1. (literary or formal, imperative) do not; don't
     請 勿 吸煙 - no smoking (lit. please do not smoke)
2. (literary or Wu) not
     對勿起 (2te veq qi) - Sorry, SH
3. (zh-used, 勿勿)
4. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 莫 (-, t=(imperative) do not; don't)
mò 5. Only used in 卹勿

云 ⇨ 二 + 厶
Component Pinyin Meanings
二 èr 1. two
     二 號 線 (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
2. second
     二哥 - second elder brother
     二意 - tr=èryì -
     二心 - tr=èrxīn -
3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
     Synonyms: 々, 〻
4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
     ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
     百 二 - one hundred twenty
     百 二 (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
     買 電腦 花 了 一 千 二。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
5. Short for "twenty cents".
     黃瓜 一 塊 二 一 斤。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
     你 這 人 怎麼 這麼 二！ (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
     我 中文man4-2 二 咗，入 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
     不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.
厶 1. private
2. Variant of 私
3. Variant of 某

勿 ⇨ 勹 + 丿 + 丿
Component Pinyin Meanings
勹 1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive