Word and Radical Components of 吉他演奏家
吉他演奏家 ⇨ 吉他 + 吉 + 他 + 演 + 奏 + 家
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 吉他 | jítā | 1. n. (musical instrument) guitar |
| 彈tán 吉他 - to play the guitar | ||
| 吉他 獨奏 - guitar solo | 吉 | jí | 1. auspicious; lucky |
| Antonyms: 凶 | ||
| 吉利 - auspicious; lucky | ||
| 2. good | ||
| 3. (Cantonese, euphemistic) empty | ||
| Synonyms: 空 | ||
| 橫掂 有 間 房fong4-2 吉 咗 喺度，不如 租 畀 人 住 啊。 - Since there's an empty room, why don't we rent it out? | ||
| 交 吉 卷 - Hand out an unanswered (empty) exam paper | ||
| 4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) emptiness; nothingness | ||
| 勞碌 一生 得 個 吉 - A lifetime of laborious hardworking amounts to nothing | ||
| 5. Short for 吉林, Jilin Province | ||
| 6. (Taiwan, internet slang) to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges | ||
| 這 我 一定 吉 - I will definitely sue for this | ||
| 7. (place, zh, t=Ji County, county, prefecture-level city/Linfen, province/Shanxi, c/China) | 他 | tā, tuō | 1. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Xiang dialectal Wu originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her |
| 他 去 了。 - He went away. | ||
| 我 認識shi 他。 - I know him. | ||
| 2. A dummy pronoun. Compare another pronoun, (m, zh, 之), that is also a topicalizer | ||
| 睡 他 個 昏天黑地 | ||
| (Alternative form 它) | ||
| 3. other; another | ||
| 別 無 他 求 - have no other request (formal) | ||
| 4. usage. (sense, personal pronoun) | ||
| 5. usage. * Originally gender-neutral before the 1910s, when the character she; her was coined; now usually refers to males (also occasionally refers to females). | ||
| 6. usage. ** However, 他/她/牠/它/祂 is only a written distinction; they are all still pronounced as tā. | ||
| 7. usage. * This term can refer to a person of unknown gender or there is no need to mention gender of the person referred to, while they (singular). | 演 | yǎn | 1. to develop; to evolve |
| 演變 - to develop | ||
| 演化 - to evolve | ||
| 2. to deduce | ||
| 推演 - deduce | ||
| 演算 - to perform mathematical calculations | ||
| 3. to perform; to act; to put on | ||
| 表演 - to perform | ||
| 演員 - performer | ||
| 4. to drill; to practice; to exercise | ||
| 演練 - to drill | ||
| 演習 - to do field practice | ||
| Yan | 奏 | zòu | 1. (literary, or in compounds) to offer as tribute; to present with respect; to offer up; to dedicate to |
| 2. (historical) to present a memorial to an emperor | ||
| 3. (literary, or in compounds) to achieve; to gain; to obtain | ||
| 4. (literary, or in compounds) to play a musical instrument; to give an instrumental performance | ||
| 5. (historical) report; memorial | ||
| 6. (literary, or in compounds) beat; meter; rhythm | ||
| Zou | ||
| 7. Variant of 湊 | ||
| 8. Variant of 腠 | 家 | jiā, jia | 1. Simplified form of 傢 |
| gū | 2. Only used in 大家#Pronunciation 3 (大家, tr=dàgū) |
吉他 ⇨ 吉 + 他
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 吉 | jí | 1. auspicious; lucky |
| Antonyms: 凶 | ||
| 吉利 - auspicious; lucky | ||
| 2. good | ||
| 3. (Cantonese, euphemistic) empty | ||
| Synonyms: 空 | ||
| 橫掂 有 間 房fong4-2 吉 咗 喺度，不如 租 畀 人 住 啊。 - Since there's an empty room, why don't we rent it out? | ||
| 交 吉 卷 - Hand out an unanswered (empty) exam paper | ||
| 4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) emptiness; nothingness | ||
| 勞碌 一生 得 個 吉 - A lifetime of laborious hardworking amounts to nothing | ||
| 5. Short for 吉林, Jilin Province | ||
| 6. (Taiwan, internet slang) to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges | ||
| 這 我 一定 吉 - I will definitely sue for this | ||
| 7. (place, zh, t=Ji County, county, prefecture-level city/Linfen, province/Shanxi, c/China) | 他 | tā, tuō | 1. (chiefly Mandarin Jin Xiang dialectal Wu originally gender-neutral; nowadays usually referring to males) he; him; she; her |
| 他 去 了。 - He went away. | ||
| 我 認識shi 他。 - I know him. | ||
| 2. A dummy pronoun. Compare another pronoun, (m, zh, 之), that is also a topicalizer | ||
| 睡 他 個 昏天黑地 | ||
| (Alternative form 它) | ||
| 3. other; another | ||
| 別 無 他 求 - have no other request (formal) | ||
| 4. usage. (sense, personal pronoun) | ||
| 5. usage. * Originally gender-neutral before the 1910s, when the character she; her was coined; now usually refers to males (also occasionally refers to females). | ||
| 6. usage. ** However, 他/她/牠/它/祂 is only a written distinction; they are all still pronounced as tā. | ||
| 7. usage. * This term can refer to a person of unknown gender or there is no need to mention gender of the person referred to, while they (singular). |
吉 ⇨ 士 + 口
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 士 | shì | 1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor |
| 2. (obsolete) (honorific) man | ||
| 3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer | ||
| 4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer | ||
| 士兵 - soldier | ||
| 5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance) | ||
| 6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject | ||
| 7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China | ||
| 8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia | ||
| 博士 - doctor; doctoral degree | ||
| 院士 - academician | ||
| 9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person | ||
| 女士 - Lady | ||
| 護士 - nurse | ||
| 人士 - public figure | ||
| 助產士 - midwife | ||
| 10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides) | ||
| 11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official) | ||
| 12. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | ||
| Synonyms: 四 | ||
| 14. Simplified form of 土 | 口 | kǒu | 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity |
| 漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
| 這 話 出自 你 的 口，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口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
| 6. perimeter | ||
| 人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
| 戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
| 7. government organ; department | ||
| 三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
| 我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
| 8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
| 9. Variant of 名 |
他 ⇨ 亻 + 也
| 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. | 也 | yě | 1. also; too; as well; (in negative sentences) neither; either |
| 我 也 去 了。 - I also went. | ||
| 我 也 是 中國人。 - I am Chinese too. | ||
| 你 如果 不 去，我 也 不 去。 - If you don't go, I won't either. | ||
| 我 也 沒有 看見 過 它。 - I haven't seen it either. | ||
| 2. (Used for emphasis.) | ||
| 這 也 太 不像話 了。 - This is way too outrageous. | ||
| 3. (With object fronting.) | ||
| 4. 他 飯 也 不 吃，覺 也 不 睡。 - (Disappointingly) he neither eats nor sleeps. | ||
| 5. (Used in the (m, zh, 連……也……) constructions for stronger emphasis. Interchangeable with 都.) even | ||
| 6. 他 連 畜生 也 不如，連 自己 的 父母 也 不 養活。 - He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents. | ||
| 7. (Used in the (m, zh, 再……也……) concessive constructions.) still, anyway, nevertheless | ||
| 8. 你 再 聰明，也 回答 不了liǎo 這 個 問題。 - No matter how smart you are, you won't be able to answer this question. | ||
| 9. (Classical) (Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate;) to be (although not grammatically a verb) | ||
| 我 亦 人 也。 - I am a person, too. | ||
| 其 西 有 大 山，天下 至 高 者 也。 - In the west there are great mountains, which are the tallest in the world. | ||
| 10. (Often used more loosely than the English copula to indicate a cause or relation.) | ||
| 11. (Classical) (Topic-marking particle used at the end of noun phrases.) | ||
| Synonyms: 者 | ||
| 12. when, at the time of; (especially commonly used for temporal topics, often as (m, zh, 及其……也).) | ||
| 13. (Classical) (Verb phrase-final particle marking continuous aspect, especially common for assertions of unchanging fact.) | ||
| 14. (Teochew) if | ||
| 15. . Ye |
演 ⇨ 氵 + 寅
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | 1. water |
| 請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please. | ||
| 喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water | ||
| 冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water | ||
| 冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water | ||
| 凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C | ||
| 熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water | ||
| 開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water | ||
| 滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C | ||
| 水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium | ||
| 水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour | ||
| 水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature | ||
| 雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater | ||
| 海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater | ||
| 飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water | ||
| 礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water | ||
| 蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water | ||
| 水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice | ||
| 水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity | ||
| 碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate | ||
| 脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration | ||
| 水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning | ||
| 雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide | ||
| 2. liquid; potion; juice | ||
| 口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva | ||
| 汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat | ||
| 羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid | ||
| 香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume | ||
| 眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop | ||
| 3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage) | ||
| 要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order? | ||
| 欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN | ||
| 4. (archaic) river | ||
| 漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River | ||
| 5. body of water | ||
| 水路 - shuǐlù - waterway | ||
| 三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides | ||
| 6. flood | ||
| 發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood | ||
| 7. additional cost or income | ||
| 8. (dialectal) rain | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) money | ||
| 磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C | ||
| 掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars | ||
| 三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C | ||
| 11. (Cantonese) source of revenue | ||
| 12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide | ||
| 13. to swim | ||
| 水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability | ||
| 14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless | ||
| 這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak. | ||
| 15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off | ||
| 16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行) | ||
| 17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed. | ||
| 18. Sui people | ||
| 水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people) | ||
| 19. Variant of 媠 | 寅 | yín | 1. (Classical) to revere, respect |
| 2. third of twelve earthly branches (十二支) | ||
| 3. tiger (虎) of Chinese zodiac |
奏 ⇨ + 天
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 天 | tiān | 1. sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial |
| 天空 - sky - | ||
| 天 黑 了。 - It's getting dark. (lit. The sky is becoming black) | ||
| 2. (mythology or religion) heaven as the abode of the gods or the blessed departed; heavenly | ||
| 上天 - to go up to the sky; to go to heaven - | ||
| 天意 - Heaven's will - | ||
| 3. (mythology or religion) Heaven as an impersonal deity; (often translated as God) | ||
| 天主 - God - | ||
| 老天 - god - | ||
| 我 的 天 啊！ - Oh my God! - | ||
| 天 助 自 助 者。 - God helps those who help themselves. | ||
| 4. top; overhead | ||
| 天橋 - footbridge - | ||
| 天窗 - sunroof - | ||
| 5. weather; climate | ||
| 天 很 冷。 - It's very cold. | ||
| 如果 天 晴，我們 就 去 散步。 - If the weather clears, we'll go for a walk. | ||
| 6. day (24 hours) | ||
| 今天 - today - | ||
| 明天 - tomorrow - | ||
| 三 天 - three days - | ||
| 7. day (as opposed to night) | ||
| 白天 - daytime - | ||
| 三 天 兩 夜 - three days and two nights - | ||
| 8. period of time in a day | ||
| 五更天 - just before dawn - | ||
| 天 不 早 了。 - It's getting late. | ||
| 9. season | ||
| 春天、夏天、秋天、冬天 - spring, summer, autumn, winter | ||
| 黃梅天 - rainy season - | ||
| 10. nature | ||
| 天災 - natural disaster - | ||
| 11. natural; innate | ||
| 天生 - innate - | ||
| 天性 - nature, personality - | ||
| 天才 - genius - |
家 ⇨ 宀 + 豕
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 宀 | 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. | 豕 | shǐ | 1. (obsolete) pig; boar |
吉 ⇨ 士 + 口
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 士 | shì | 1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor |
| 2. (obsolete) (honorific) man | ||
| 3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer | ||
| 4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer | ||
| 士兵 - soldier | ||
| 5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance) | ||
| 6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject | ||
| 7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China | ||
| 8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia | ||
| 博士 - doctor; doctoral degree | ||
| 院士 - academician | ||
| 9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person | ||
| 女士 - Lady | ||
| 護士 - nurse | ||
| 人士 - public figure | ||
| 助產士 - midwife | ||
| 10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides) | ||
| 11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official) | ||
| 12. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣). | ||
| Synonyms: 四 | ||
| 14. Simplified form of 土 | 口 | kǒu | 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity |
| 漱 漱 你 的 口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out. | ||
| 這 話 出自 你 的 口，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口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port | ||
| 6. perimeter | ||
| 人口 (rénkǒu) - population | ||
| 戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou | ||
| 7. government organ; department | ||
| 三 口 之 家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three | ||
| 我 可以 吃 一 口 嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite? | ||
| 8. (neologism, slang) to fellate | ||
| 9. Variant of 名 |
他 ⇨ 亻 + 也
| 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. | 也 | yě | 1. also; too; as well; (in negative sentences) neither; either |
| 我 也 去 了。 - I also went. | ||
| 我 也 是 中國人。 - I am Chinese too. | ||
| 你 如果 不 去，我 也 不 去。 - If you don't go, I won't either. | ||
| 我 也 沒有 看見 過 它。 - I haven't seen it either. | ||
| 2. (Used for emphasis.) | ||
| 這 也 太 不像話 了。 - This is way too outrageous. | ||
| 3. (With object fronting.) | ||
| 4. 他 飯 也 不 吃，覺 也 不 睡。 - (Disappointingly) he neither eats nor sleeps. | ||
| 5. (Used in the (m, zh, 連……也……) constructions for stronger emphasis. Interchangeable with 都.) even | ||
| 6. 他 連 畜生 也 不如，連 自己 的 父母 也 不 養活。 - He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents. | ||
| 7. (Used in the (m, zh, 再……也……) concessive constructions.) still, anyway, nevertheless | ||
| 8. 你 再 聰明，也 回答 不了liǎo 這 個 問題。 - No matter how smart you are, you won't be able to answer this question. | ||
| 9. (Classical) (Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate;) to be (although not grammatically a verb) | ||
| 我 亦 人 也。 - I am a person, too. | ||
| 其 西 有 大 山，天下 至 高 者 也。 - In the west there are great mountains, which are the tallest in the world. | ||
| 10. (Often used more loosely than the English copula to indicate a cause or relation.) | ||
| 11. (Classical) (Topic-marking particle used at the end of noun phrases.) | ||
| Synonyms: 者 | ||
| 12. when, at the time of; (especially commonly used for temporal topics, often as (m, zh, 及其……也).) | ||
| 13. (Classical) (Verb phrase-final particle marking continuous aspect, especially common for assertions of unchanging fact.) | ||
| 14. (Teochew) if | ||
| 15. . Ye |
也 ⇨ 乜 + 丨
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 乜 | miē | 1. (Cantonese, Min Nan) what |
| 要 啲 乜？ - What do you want? | ||
| 愛 乜個？ - tr=ain3 mih4 gai5?, What do you want?, MN-T | ||
| 2. (Cantonese) anything; everything | ||
| 乜 都 得 - anything goes | ||
| 3. (Cantonese) why; how come | ||
| 乜 你 咁 傻 㗎？ - How come you're so stupid? | ||
| 4. (Cantonese) (Used at the beginning of a question to give a rhetorical effect.) | ||
| 乜 你 未 食飯 㗎gaa4？ - So you haven't eaten yet? | ||
| 乜 仲 未 有 佢 嘅 消息 咩？ - So we still don't have any news about him? | ||
| 5. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 6. In Teochew, when used to mean "what", this word should always be immediately followed by a noun. Otherwise, use 乜個. | ||
| miē | 7. to narrow one's eyes and squint | |
| Niè, Miě | 8. , listed 388th in the Baijiaxing | |
| 9. (dialectal Mandarin) that | ||
| 10. (Hakka) also | 丨 | gǔn | 1. line |
| 2. be through up and down |
寅 ⇨ 宀 + 一 + 由 + 八
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 宀 | 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. | 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===== | 由 | yóu | 1. cause; reason |
| 緣由 - cause and reason | ||
| 2. from | ||
| 由 北 到 南 - from north to south | ||
| 由 廣州 出發 - to depart from Guangzhou | ||
| 3. by; through; via | ||
| 請 由 側門 出入。 - Please enter and exit via the side door. | ||
| 4. (done) by | ||
| 這 件 事 由 我 來 處理 吧。 - Let me handle this matter. | ||
| 5. because of; due to | ||
| 6. by means of | ||
| 由此可見 - thus it can be seen | ||
| 本 書 由 三 部分 組成。 - This book is composed of three parts. | ||
| 7. to pass through | ||
| 必由之路 - the path that must be taken | ||
| 8. to follow; to let one determine | ||
| 身不由己 - to be unable to determine for oneself | ||
| 由 他 去 吧！ - Let him do as he pleases! | ||
| 由jau4-2 佢 自己 做 啦！ - Let him do it by himself! | ||
| 9. Variant of 甴 | 八 | bā | 1. eight |
| 2. many; numerous | ||
| 3. (printing) pearl (the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point) | ||
| 4. Short for 八卦 | ||
| 5. to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in | ||
| 6. (Cantonese) nosey; meddling | ||
| 7. 八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman | ||
| Ba | ||
| bā | 8. Variant of 捌 |
天 ⇨ 一 + 大
| 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===== | 大 | dà | 1. of great size; big; large; huge |
| Antonyms: 小 | ||
| 這 個 太 大 了！ (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big! | ||
| 呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big. | ||
| 2. big; great | ||
| 中 美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly. | ||
| 大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain | ||
| 3. great of its kind | ||
| 昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday. | ||
| 好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell | ||
| 4. in an extreme manner; greatly | ||
| 大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently | ||
| 大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked | ||
| 大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different | ||
| 你 遇到 這 種 情況，大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave. | ||
| 你 可 不 知道，他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo，差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍！ (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest | ||
| 5. main; major | ||
| Antonyms: 小 | ||
| 他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate. | ||
| 他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company. | ||
| 6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations) | ||
| 大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher | ||
| 7. mature; grown up | ||
| Antonyms: 小 | ||
| 你 多 大 了？ (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you? | ||
| 她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him. | ||
| 你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older. | ||
| 8. (Cantonese) to grow up | ||
| 喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou | ||
| 9. (Cantonese) to be older than | ||
| Antonyms: 細 | ||
| 我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years. | ||
| 10. (dialectal) father | ||
| 11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother | ||
| 12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten | ||
| 你 大 我 呀aa4？ - Are you trying to intimidate me? | ||
| 你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me. | ||
| 13. (Cantonese) only so big | ||
| 咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C | ||
| 14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two | ||
| 我 好 急 呀，要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two. | ||
| 15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name. | ||
| 北大 (Běidà) - Peking University | ||
| 16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?) | ||
| dài, dà | 17. Used in 大夫 (doctor) | |
| 18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader) | ||
| 19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb) | ||
| 20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei) | ||
| 21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to) | ||
| 22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty) | ||
| 23. (Cantonese) small | ||
| 咁 大daai6-1 - so puny | ||
| 24. Variant of 太 | ||
| 25. Variant of 泰 |