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The Chinese word 叉 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
chà 1. (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge
      手機 。 - Take my cellphone to recharge it for me.
2. Variant of 衩
3. Variant of 扠
4. Variant of 杈
5. Variant of 汊

叉 ⇨ 又 + 丶
Component Pinyin Meanings
yòu 1. again; once more
      下雨 ! - It's raining again!
      - to think and think; to deeply think about
     一次 一次 失敗 - failure after failure
2. (Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities); both ... and ...
     聰明 漂亮liang - smart and pretty
      。 - I am hungry and thirsty.
      怎麼 ? - I want to go, but I also don't want to go, what should I do?
3. also; in addition
     ·- 科學家 藝術家。 - Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist also an artist.
4. (Used between a whole number and a fraction)
      小時 分鐘 - four hours and ten minutes
      - two and a third
5. but; on the other hand
6. (Used in negative statements and rhetorical questions for emphasis)
     這樣 什麼 好處? - What good for you is there in doing that?
      唔係 。 - Why should I care about that! It's not like I did it.
      唔係 冇錢。 - It's not like I'm broke.
7. usage. Compared to 又 is used for something that already happened.
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)