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Word and Radical Components of 女孩

The Chinese word 女孩 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
女孩 nǚhái 1. n. girl
     一個 十 歲 的 女孩 - a ten-year-old girl
     他 接 住 了 從 樓 上 跳 下來 的 女孩。 - He caught the girl who jumped from the building.
     受傷-者 中 有 一 位 15 歲 的 女孩。 - A 15-year-old girl was among the injured.
2. n. young woman; lass
     他 對 那 位 漂亮 的 女孩 暗戀 已久。 - He had long had a crush on the pretty young woman.

女孩 ⇨ 女 + 孩
Component Pinyin Meanings
女 nǜ 1. Variant of 汝
孩 hái 1. child; youngster; baby
     男孩兒r - boy
2. (literary) young and small; childish
3. (literary) to have tender affection for
4. (literary) to regard as a child
5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 咳 (hái, t=(of baby) to giggle; to laugh)

孩 ⇨ 子 + 亥
Component Pinyin Meanings
子 zǐ 1. (literary) child; offspring
2. son
     獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
     愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
     一 子 一 女 - 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)
亥 hài 1. (obsolete) grass root
2. twelfth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
3. pig (豬) of the Chinese zodiac

亥 ⇨ 亠 + + 丿 + 人
Component Pinyin Meanings
亠 tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
1.
丿 piě 1. slash
yì 2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
人 rén 1. man; person; people
     人類 (rénlèi) - humans
     那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
     嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person?
     有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
     主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
     北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
     香港人 - Hongkonger
3. body
     人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
     這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
     今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
4. everybody; everyone
     人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
     人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
5. other people; others
     人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
     害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
     就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
     我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
     佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
7. manpower; worker; employee
     我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
8. talent; person of talent
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
10. adult; grown-up
     長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
     ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
     人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
     人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
15. artificial; man-made
     人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
     別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
     哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang ^哈佛 ^大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
     人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother