Word and Radical Components of 小提琴

The Chinese word 小提琴 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
小提琴	xiǎotíqín	1. n. (musical instruments) violin
小提琴		拉小提琴 - to play the violin -

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
小	xiǎo	1. small, tiny, little
	小孩 - child
	Antonyms: 大
	2. minor, petty
	3. briefly, for a short while
	小憩 - brief rest
	4. slightly, a little
	5. young
	小狗 - puppy
	小貓 - kitten
	小羊 - lamb
	這嬰兒太小了，不能自己吃東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.
	Antonyms: 老
	6. (the) youngest
	小兒子 - youngest son
	7. a young person; child, kid, baby
	一家老小 - the entire family, old and young
	8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
	For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李.
	9. (humble) my, our
	小弟 - humble I
	小女 - humble my daughter
	小的 - humble I
	10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)
	11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
	12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School
	13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
	14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)
	15. (dialectal) concubine
	16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.
	小你！ - Duck you!
xiǎo	17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
提	tí	1. to carry; to lift
	提得de 動 - to be able to carry
	提不動 - to be unable to carry
	這瓶酒我提不起來。 - I can't lift this bottle of wine.
	把箱子提到那邊 - to carry the box over there
	肩上提着一個籃子 - to carry a basket on the shoulder
	2. to raise; to increase
	提價 - to increase price
	3. to mention; to nominate
	4. to point out; to put forward
	提出 - to point out
	5. (Chinese calligraphy) a rising stroke ((m, mul, ㇀))
dī, tí	6. Only used in 提防 (to take precautions against; to watch out for)
	7. (Min Nan, dialectal Hakka) to take
chí	8. Alternative form of 禔
	提Chí 彌Mí-明
shí	9. Only used in 朱提
dǐ	10. to throw
	11. to sever
琴	qín	1. (musical instrument) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin
	2. (musical instrument) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.
	3. (musical instrument, specifically) piano (attn, zh, just Hong Kong?)
	4. (Cantonese) yesterday

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

小

xiǎo

1. small, tiny, little

小孩 - child

Antonyms: 大

2. minor, petty

3. briefly, for a short while

小憩 - brief rest

4. slightly, a little

5. young

小狗 - puppy

小貓 - kitten

小羊 - lamb

這嬰兒太小了，不能自己吃東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.

Antonyms: 老

6. (the) youngest

小兒子 - youngest son

7. a young person; child, kid, baby

一家老小 - the entire family, old and young

8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).

For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李.

9. (humble) my, our

小弟 - humble I

小女 - humble my daughter

小的 - humble I

10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)

11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.

12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School

13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.

14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)

15. (dialectal) concubine

16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.

小你！ - Duck you!

xiǎo

17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.

提

tí

1. to carry; to lift

提得de 動 - to be able to carry

提不動 - to be unable to carry

這瓶酒我提不起來。 - I can't lift this bottle of wine.

把箱子提到那邊 - to carry the box over there

肩上提着一個籃子 - to carry a basket on the shoulder

2. to raise; to increase

提價 - to increase price

3. to mention; to nominate

4. to point out; to put forward

提出 - to point out

5. (Chinese calligraphy) a rising stroke ((m, mul, ㇀))

dī, tí

6. Only used in 提防 (to take precautions against; to watch out for)

7. (Min Nan, dialectal Hakka) to take

chí

8. Alternative form of 禔

提Chí 彌Mí-明

shí

9. Only used in 朱提

dǐ

10. to throw

11. to sever

琴

qín

1. (musical instrument) qin (“Chinese zithers”), referring to any of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most famously the guqin

2. (musical instrument) collective name for certain musical instruments, usually of string or keyboard types, such as piano, organ, violin, cello, huqin, accordion, harmonica, etc.

3. (musical instrument, specifically) piano (attn, zh, just Hong Kong?)

4. (Cantonese) yesterday

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
亅	jué	1. a backward hook
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

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

亅

jué

1. a backward hook

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

bā

8. Variant of 捌

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
手	shǒu	1. hand
	2. expert; master
	高手 - master
	3. -ist; -er
	歌手 - singer
	4. convenient; handy; portable
	手機 - mobile phone
	手冊 - handbook
	5. handwritten
	6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
	7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
	8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
	9. (finance)
	10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
是	shì	1. (literary) this; this thing
	是日 - this day
	2. (literary, archaic) a pronoun that refers the object of the verb, used in an inverted object/verb construction, usually paired with the particle (m, zh, 唯) in the form of m, zh, 唯 …… 是 +
	3. 唯馬首是瞻 - to look at the horse's head
	4. (copulative) to be
	5. (indicating that the subject and object are the same.)
	6. 泰晤士河是英國第二長的河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
	7. (indicating that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.)
	8. 我是老師。 - I am a teacher.
	9. 我是中國人。 - I am Chinese.
	10. (indicating a place being occupied by the object, where the place forms the subject.)
	11. 房子前面是禾場cháng。 - The threshing floor is in front of the house.
	12. 到處都是 - to be everywhere
	13. (a particle emphasizing the word following it.)
	我是昨天買的票。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.
	我買票是在昨天。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.
	14. (a particle showing agreement. In this meaning, 是 is stressed.) truly; indeed.
	天氣是冷。 - It is indeed cold.
	這件裙子zi 是很漂亮，但是太貴了。 - Although this dress is truly beautiful, it's too expensive.
	15. (a particle used in an alternative or a negative question)
	你是喝茶還是喝咖啡？ - Would you like coffee or tea?
	16. (in affirmative answers) yes; right
	你是張.三嗎？是。 - Are you Zhang San? Yes.
	是，長zhǎng官。 - Yes, sir.
	是，明白了。 - Yes, got it.
	17. true; correct
	不bú是 - fault; mistake; wrongdoing
	你說得de 是 - What you said is right
	各行其是 - to have each going his own way, i.e., doing what he considers right
	共商國是 - to discuss national affairs (This is a fossil word from Ancient Chinese where (och-l, 是) originally means "what is right (for the country)", i.e., "laws and policies")
	18. usage. When translated as "to be", 是 is used only to link two nouns or nominal expressions.
	我是老師 - I am a teacher
	泰晤士河是英國第二長的河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
	19. usage. 是 is not used to link a noun and an adjective. The following sentence would be incorrect:
	* 這是好 - *
	20. usage. The correct sentence is
	這很好 - This is (very) good
	21. usage. Here, 很 is used as a filler to link a noun and an adjective and is not interpreted as "very".
	22. usage. A way to use 是 with an adjective is to use tr=de after the adjective to turn it into a noun.
	那隻貓是黑的 - This cat is black (This cat is a black one)

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

手

shǒu

1. hand

2. expert; master

高手 - master

3. -ist; -er

歌手 - singer

4. convenient; handy; portable

手機 - mobile phone

手冊 - handbook

5. handwritten

6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling

7. (Mainland China Hokkien)

8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)

9. (finance)

10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.

是

shì

1. (literary) this; this thing

是日 - this day

2. (literary, archaic) a pronoun that refers the object of the verb, used in an inverted object/verb construction, usually paired with the particle (m, zh, 唯) in the form of m, zh, 唯 …… 是 +

3. 唯馬首是瞻 - to look at the horse's head

4. (copulative) to be

5. (indicating that the subject and object are the same.)

6. 泰晤士河是英國第二長的河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.

7. (indicating that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.)

8. 我是老師。 - I am a teacher.

9. 我是中國人。 - I am Chinese.

10. (indicating a place being occupied by the object, where the place forms the subject.)

11. 房子前面是禾場cháng。 - The threshing floor is in front of the house.

12. 到處都是 - to be everywhere

13. (a particle emphasizing the word following it.)

我是昨天買的票。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.

我買票是在昨天。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.

14. (a particle showing agreement. In this meaning, 是 is stressed.) truly; indeed.

天氣是冷。 - It is indeed cold.

這件裙子zi 是很漂亮，但是太貴了。 - Although this dress is truly beautiful, it's too expensive.

15. (a particle used in an alternative or a negative question)

你是喝茶還是喝咖啡？ - Would you like coffee or tea?

16. (in affirmative answers) yes; right

你是張.三嗎？是。 - Are you Zhang San? Yes.

是，長zhǎng官。 - Yes, sir.

是，明白了。 - Yes, got it.

17. true; correct

不bú是 - fault; mistake; wrongdoing

你說得de 是 - What you said is right

各行其是 - to have each going his own way, i.e., doing what he considers right

共商國是 - to discuss national affairs (This is a fossil word from Ancient Chinese where (och-l, 是) originally means "what is right (for the country)", i.e., "laws and policies")

18. usage. When translated as "to be", 是 is used only to link two nouns or nominal expressions.

我是老師 - I am a teacher

泰晤士河是英國第二長的河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.

19. usage. 是 is not used to link a noun and an adjective. The following sentence would be incorrect:

* 這是好 - *

20. usage. The correct sentence is

這很好 - This is (very) good

21. usage. Here, 很 is used as a filler to link a noun and an adjective and is not interpreted as "very".

22. usage. A way to use 是 with an adjective is to use tr=de after the adjective to turn it into a noun.

那隻貓是黑的 - This cat is black (This cat is a black one)

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
玨	jué	1. (archaic) two pieces of jade joined together
今	jīn	1. now; at present; current
	今天 - the current day; today
	從今以後 - from now onwards.
	Synonyms: 現在
	2. modern times
	古往今來 - from ancient to modern times.
	Synonyms: 現代
	Antonyms: 古
	3. this
	今夏 - this summer
	今次 - this time
	Synonyms: 此, 這
	4. (literary) thus; promptly
	Synonyms: 即, 立刻
	5. (literary) if
	Synonyms: 若, 假如
	6. (Min Nan, Puxian Min) now
	7. (Min Nan) then; in that case

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

玨

jué

1. (archaic) two pieces of jade joined together

今

jīn

1. now; at present; current

今天 - the current day; today

從今以後 - from now onwards.

Synonyms: 現在

2. modern times

古往今來 - from ancient to modern times.

Synonyms: 現代

Antonyms: 古

3. this

今夏 - this summer

今次 - this time

Synonyms: 此, 這

4. (literary) thus; promptly

Synonyms: 即, 立刻

5. (literary) if

Synonyms: 若, 假如

6. (Min Nan, Puxian Min) now

7. (Min Nan) then; in that case

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
日	rì	1. (star) Sun
	2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
	日班 (rìbān) - day shift
	Antonyms: 夜
	3. day; twenty-four hours
	4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
	5. day of the month
	三.月四日 (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
	Synonyms: 號
	6. some day; some other time
	7. former times; previous times; the past
	8. time; period; age
	9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:
	中日詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary
	10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain
	11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1
rì	12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
	狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
mì	13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).
	14. Variant of 時
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=====
龰		1.

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

日

rì

1. (star) Sun

2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset

日班 (rìbān) - day shift

Antonyms: 夜

3. day; twenty-four hours

4. everyday; daily; day-to-day

5. day of the month

三.月四日 (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4

Synonyms: 號

6. some day; some other time

7. former times; previous times; the past

8. time; period; age

9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:

中日詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary

10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain

11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1

rì

12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with

狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking

mì

13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).

14. Variant of 時

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=====

龰

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
玉	yù	1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
	一塊玉juk6-2 - a piece of jade
	玉佩 - jade pendant -
	玉石俱焚 - the good and the bad perish together, lit=jade and stone incinerated together -
	2. pure; beautiful
	玉容 - beautiful face (of a woman) -
	亭亭玉立 - slender and graceful (of a woman) -
	錦衣玉食 - to live a luxurious life -
	3. (honorific) your
	玉照 - your photograph -
	4. (Cantonese, borrowing) Alternative form of 肉
	5. Used in 玉冰燒
	Yu
	6. Variant of 鬱

Component

Pinyin

Meanings

玉

yù

1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)

一塊玉juk6-2 - a piece of jade

玉佩 - jade pendant -

玉石俱焚 - the good and the bad perish together, lit=jade and stone incinerated together -

2. pure; beautiful

玉容 - beautiful face (of a woman) -

亭亭玉立 - slender and graceful (of a woman) -

錦衣玉食 - to live a luxurious life -

3. (honorific) your

玉照 - your photograph -

4. (Cantonese, borrowing) Alternative form of 肉

5. Used in 玉冰燒

6. Variant of 鬱