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Word and Radical Components of 尖叫

The Chinese word 尖叫 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
尖叫 jiānjiào 1. v. to scream; to shriek

尖叫 ⇨ 尖 + 叫
Component Pinyin Meanings
尖 jiān 1. sharp; having a sharp tip; pointy
2. acute
3. shrewd
4. point; tip
     筆尖 - tip of a pen
5. (card games) ace
叫 jiào 1. to be called
     你 叫 什麼 名字？ - What is your name?
     這 叫 什麼？ - How do you call this? / What is it called?
     你 叫 咩 名 呀？ - What is your name?
     雖然 個 名 叫 @…，但 @… - although it is called (..., ...)
     乜嘢 叫 @…？ - What is (...?)
     終於 明白 乜嘢 叫 @… - to finally realize what (... is)
2. to call; to name
     我們 經常 叫 他 的 綽號。 - We often call him by his nickname.
     我 可以 叫 他 @戴夫 嗎？ - May I call him Dave?
3. to call (someone)
     叫 警察 - to call the police
     要是 需要 什麼，我 就 叫 你。 - I'll call you if anything is needed.
4. to yell; to shout
     狗 叫 - dog bark
     她 高興 地 叫 起來，投入 了 她 母親 的 懷抱。 - With a cry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.
5. to hail; to greet
6. (ditransitive) to ask; to order
     叫 他 待 在 家裡。 - Ask him to stay home.
     醫生 叫 他 休息 幾 天。 - The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.
     叫 佢 唔好 再 搵 我 - ask them not to try to contact me ever again
     叫 佢 教 你 幾 句 中文man4-2 - ask them to teach you a few phrases of Chinese
     張 凳 噉 細 你 叫 佢 點 坐 呀？ - How can you expect them to sit down when the chair is so small?
7. to hire; to call (a taxi); to order (in a restaurant, in a shop)
     我 給 你 叫 什麼 菜？ 肉排 還是 魚？ - What shall I order for you? Steak or fish?
     叫 碟 炒飯 - to order some fried rice
8. (dialectal) to cry; to weep
9. (used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent); by
     莊稼 叫 大水 沖 走 了。 - The crops were washed away by the flood.
10. usage. (sense, to call, to be called) When used for a person, 叫 is generally followed by one's given name or full name, as in English.

尖 ⇨ 小 + 大
Component Pinyin Meanings
小 xiǎo 1. small, tiny, little
     小孩 - child
     (ant, zh, 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.
     (ant, zh, 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.
大 dà 1. of great size; big; large; huge
     (ant, zh, 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
     (ant, zh, 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
     (ant, zh, 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
     (ant, zh, 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. (zh-used in, 大夫, doctor)
18. (zh-used in, 大王, tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. (zh-used, 大黃, rhubarb)
20. (zh-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

叫 ⇨ 口 + 丩
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
丩 jiū 1. Alternative form of 糾 (to entangle; to entwine)
2. to connect or graft a vine