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Word and Radical Components of 手提包

The Chinese word 手提包 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
手提包 shǒutíbāo 1. n. handbag; bag

手提包 ⇨ 手 + 提 + 包
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.
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
包 bāo 1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
2. to include; to encompass
3. to cover; to place under cover
4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee
     包 你 滿意 - You're guaranteed to be pleased -
5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose
6. to make a wrapped item
     包 餃子zi - to make dumplings -
     包 雲吞 - to make wontons -
     包 粽 - to make zongzi -
7. to surround
8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包, to take away (food)
9. bundle; bunch
10. parcel; package
11. (software) package
     包管理器 - package manager
12. bag; sack
     書包 - schoolbag; backpack
13. bump; swelling
14. yurt
15. (food) baozi
     叉燒包 - char siu bao
     小籠包 - xiaolongbao
16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)
     (Alternative form 飽)
     麵包 - bread
     漢堡包 - hamburger
     一 包 薯片 - a bag of potato chips
     包 拯 - Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)
fú 17. Only used in 包來

提 ⇨ 扌 + 是
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)

包 ⇨ 勹 + 巳
Component Pinyin Meanings
勹 1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
巳 sì 1. sixth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. snake (蛇) of Chinese zodiac
3. Variant of 已

是 ⇨ 日 + 一 + 龰
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.