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Word and Radical Components of 喇叭

The Chinese word 喇叭 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
喇叭 lǎba, lǎbā 1. n. (musical instrument) horn; trumpet
2. n. (regional, musical instrument) suona
3. n. (zh-alt-name, 揚聲器, loudspeaker; speaker; amplifier)
4. n. (in automobiles etc.) horn
5. n. (figurative) gossiper; one who disseminates information unrestrainedly
6. usage. This is also used as a generic term to describe anything that has a horn or trumpet-like conical shape.

喇叭 ⇨ 喇 + 叭
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Only used in 喇叭 (trumpet; bugle)
2. Only used in 喇嘛 (lama)
3. (onomatopoeia) sound of wind or rain
4. Only used in 哈喇子 (saliva, 半喇子兒, a half)
1. Only used in 喇叭
2. (onomatopoeia) (Sound of a gunshot or crack.)
3. mouth opening

喇 ⇨ 口 + 剌
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
1. perverse; unreasonable
2. to contradict; to violate
3. (zh-used, 剌剌, , 撥剌)
4. (zh-used2, t)
5. Alternative form of 拉 (lá, t=to slash; to cut in two)

叭 ⇨ 口 + 八
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
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
8. Variant of 捌

剌 ⇨ 束 + 刂
Component Pinyin Meanings
shù, sùeijing dialect 1. to bind; to tie up
     束縛 - to bind; to tie up
2. (now, in compounds) to control; to restrain
     拘束 - restraint; inhibited; constraint
3. (now, in compounds) end
     結束 - end
4. bunch; bundle; bale
     光束 - light beam
5. (geometry) pencil (family of geometric objects with a common property)
     平面- - pencil of planes
      玫瑰 - a bouquet of roses
dāo, lìdāopáng 1. radical form of 刀.