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Word and Radical Components of 十字路口

The Chinese word 十字路口 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
十字路口 shízìlùkǒu 1. Idiom. cross-shaped intersection; street crossing
2. Idiom. (figurative) turning point; crossroads
     人生 十字路口 - crossroads of life; turning point of life

十字路口 ⇨ 十 + 字 + 路 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect
1. letter; symbol; character, especially a Chinese character
     這個 怎麼 ? (Zhège zì zěnme niàn?) - How do you read this character?
     字母 (zìmǔ) - letter
     字串 (zìchuàn) - character string
2. word; term; wording; diction
      。 (Zhè zì pīn cuò le.) - This word is wrongly spelt; you've left out a letter.
3. (computing) word
4. handwriting; writing
      chà。 (Tā de zì hěn chà.) - His handwriting is very bad.
5. (historic) courtesy name; Chinese-style name (a name traditionally given to Chinese males at the age of 20 and females at the age of 15)
6. (historic) to style; to give someone a courtesy name
7. (calligraphy) style of handwriting; printing type
8. (calligraphy) (a calligrapher's) calligraphy work
9. written letter; message; correspondence
10. receipt; contract; slip
11. pronunciation of a character; pronunciation
12. (colloquial) side of a coin with written characters; tails
     (ant, zh, )
13. (Cantonese, Min, Malaysia, Singapore) five minutes (derived from the locations of 1 to 12 on a clock face)
      - fifteen minutes i.e. when the minute hand points to 3
      nn̄g (chhit tiám nn̄g jī) - ten past seven, MN
      - tr=zêg8 gai5 ri7, five minutes i.e. when the minute hand points to 1, MN-T
     而家 十一 。 - It's five to two now. (Literally: It's one o'clock and eleven five-minutes.)
     zaang1 - a quarter to six (Literally: Missing three five-minutes to six o'clock)
     待字閨中 (dàizìguīzhōng) - to stay in the boudoir waiting to be betrothed
14. (obsolete or Guzhang Waxiang) to love; to cherish; to care very much for
15. (Luxi Waxiang) to envy; to be jealous of; to admire
1. road; path; street
     修路 - to build a road
2. pattern; arrangement; sequence
     思路 - train of thought
     紋路 - veined pattern
3. way; method
     生路 - means of livelihood; way of subsistence
4. journey
     回家 。 - It's a long journey to return home.
      身體 。 - His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy.
     還有 公里 。 -
5. route
      進軍 - to advance along three routes
     12 公交車 - No. 12 bus
6. kind; type
7. region
      人馬 - people from different places
8. -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; (Used for describing the style of people in such age range.)
     (zh-co, 三十- 大叔, a man in his thirties)
     (zh-co, 七十-, [JAV featuring women in their seventies)
9. (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名

十 ⇨ 一 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 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 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) 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
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 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=====
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=====
gǔn 1. line
2. (zh-hist-ghost) be through up and down

字 ⇨ 宀 + 子
Component Pinyin Meanings
mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
1. (literary) child; offspring
2. son
     獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
     愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
      - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
3. (literary) descendant; posterity
4. (Christianity) the Son
5. (in compounds) person
     女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
6. (literary) master; teacher
7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
     孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
     老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
8. (literary, polite) you
9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
     葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
10. egg
     魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
11. young; tender; small
12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
     子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
15. (physics, biology) -on
16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
18. (Min Nan)
zi 19. Suffix:
20.    Used to nominalize.
21.    瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
22.    刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
23.    胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
24.    (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
25.    一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
26. small, round object
     算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)

路 ⇨ 足
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (anatomy) foot
2. (anatomy) leg (of an animal)
3. leg (of an object)
4. (in compounds) football; soccer
     (zh-co, 女足, women's football)
     (zh-co, 足協, football association)
5. to walk
6. to tread; to stamp; to step
     Zu
7. to satisfy; to fulfill
     滿足 - satisfied; to satisfy
8. to stop; to cease
9. enough; sufficient; not lacking
10. abundant; affluent
11. (literary, or in compounds) to be worthy of; to warrant
12. fully; entirely
13. (Zhangzhou, &, Taiwan Min Nan) very; quite
      - very good, MN
14. can; may
15. (literary) overly; excessively
16. (literary) to replenish; to augment