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Word and Radical Components of 打雷

The Chinese word 打雷 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
打雷 dǎléi 1. v. (impersonal) to rumble with thunder; to thunder
     外面 打雷 。 - It's thundering outside.

打雷 ⇨ 打 + 雷
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. to hit; to strike; to slap; to beat
      。 - Don't hit people.
      蚊子 - to swat mosquitoes
      飛機 下來 - to shoot down an airplane
     )” means “to beat ()”. Belongs to radical 64 () and is pronounced like (*teŋ)., ref=Shuowen
2.    to play the drums
3.   打 鼓 - to play the drums
4. to fight; to attack
     打架 - to come to blows; to fight
     二戰 德國 為什麼 蘇聯? - In World War II, why did Germany attack the Soviet Union?
5. the act of beating up
      。 - He was beaten up.
6. (Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:)
7.    to perform (a martial art)
8.   打 太極拳 - to perform Tai Chi
9.    to get; to fetch
10.   打 水 - to get water
11.    to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)
12.   打.醬油 - to buy soy sauce
13.    to guess; (the riddle) is about
14.   打 一 人物 - to guess a person
15.    to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)
16.   打 招呼 - to say hello
17.   打呵欠 - to yawn
18.   打 右燈 - to put on the right turn signal (when driving)
19.    to fabricate; to build
20.   打 刀 - to make a knife
21.   打 牆 - to build a wall
22.   打 毛衣 - to knit a sweater
23.    to stir
24.   打 算盤 - to calculate with an abacus
25.   打 方向盤 - to turn a steering wheel
26.   打 蛋daan6-2 - to whip an egg
27.    to break
28.   我 把 暖壺 打 了。 - I broke the vacuum flask.
29.   碗 打 了 - the bowl was broken by someone/something
30.   雞飛蛋打 - having lost everything
31.    to open
32.   打 帳子 - to open (or set up) the bed curtains
33.   打開 - to open
34.    to dig
35.   打 井 - to dig a well
36.    to send or call
37.   打 電報 - to send a telegraph
38.   打.電話 - to call on the telephone
39.   打 手機 - to call on the cellphone
40.   到 咗 機場 就 打 畀 我。 - Call me when you arrive at the airport.
41.   對不bu起,打 錯 了。 - Sorry, I got the wrong number.
42.    to pump (a tire, etc.); to inject
43.   打 氣 - to pump air into something
44.   打 疫苗 - to give a vaccine
45.    (zh-co, 打 顯影劑, to inject IV contrast, C)
46.    (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack
47.   打 槍 - to fire a gun (mainly used in China)
48.   打 炮仗zhang - to set off a firecracker
49.    (vulgar) to perform sexual activity
50.   打炮 - to have sex
51.   打手槍 - to masturbate
52.    to gather
53.   打成一片 - to get along well with everyone else
54.    to attach
55.   打.蠟 - to wax
56.   打 補丁 - to patch up
57.    to lift
58.   打 燈籠 - to carry a lighted lantern
59.    to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
60.    to write
61.   打 證明 - to write out a testimonial
62.   打 介紹信 - to write a recommendation letter
63.    to paint; to stamp
64.   打 格子 - to draw a grid
65.   打 郵戳 - to postmark
66.    (computer) to type
67.   「啲\od的i1」 字 點 打daa2? - How do you type "(m, zh, 啲, o的)"?
68.    to display (text, an image, etc.)
69.   屏幕 上 打 出 兩 行háng 字。 - Two lines of text display on the screen.
70.    to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)
71.   打 電腦 - to use a computer
72.    to play (a video game or console)
73.   打 電動 - to play video game
74.    to play (a sport involving balls with hand)
75.   打 壁球 - to play squash
76.   打 一 場 輸 一 場 - play a round and lose a round
77.   打波 - to play a ball game
78.    to play (mahjong or poker, etc.)
79.   打 麻雀zoek3-2 - to play mahjong
80.   打 撲pú克kèr - to play poker, M-UIB
81.   打牌 - to play cards or mahjong
82.    to tie (attention, zh, only refers to tying specific types of things?)
83.   打 領結 - to tie a bowtie
84.   打 煲呔 - to tie a bowtie
85.    to reduce
86.   打.價 - to bargain
87.    to remove
88.   打.蟲 - to kill insects
89.    to stop
90.   打住 - to stop
91.    to mark, to attach
92.   打 個 標籤 - to tag
93. (Cantonese) to correspond to; to be associated with
léi 1. lightning
     避雷針 - lightning rod
     雷擊 - lightning strike
2.    thunder; sound caused by lightning
3.   電閃雷鳴 - thunderstormy
4. (military, weaponry in compounds) explosive device
     魚雷 - torpedo
     手雷 - grenade
5.    mine; land mine or naval mine
6.   雷區 - minefield
7.   排雷 - to demine
8. (colloquial) to astonish; to shock
9. (colloquial) astonishment; surprise
     內容 - (q, slang shocking content ahead)
10. Short for 雷州 (Leizhou)
     雷劇 - Leizhou opera
11. (neologism) burdensome
12. (neologism) to be burden to others
13. (Taiwan, neologism) plot spoiler
     (syn, zh, 捏他, 劇透)
14. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) two
15. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) loyalty
16. usage. (l-self, zh, 雷) does not clearly distinguish between "lightning" and "thunder". To clarify, use thunder.
17. usage. Not all military explosive devices are called (l-self, zh, 雷). Another commonly used name is tr=dàn, which is more often used with propelled explosive weapons.

打 ⇨ 扌 + 丁
Component Pinyin Meanings
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.
dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     lou1 -
      - - Samuel C. C. Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. (zh-only, 丁丁)
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪

雷 ⇨ ⻗ + 田
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
tián 1. farmland
     (zh-co, 玉米 , a corn field)
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     (zh-co, 油田, oil field)
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田 (Ovaltine)
     (syn, zh, 華田)
     (zh-co, , iced Ovaltine, C)
4. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field

丁 ⇨ 一 + 亅
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 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 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) 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
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 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=====
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=====
jué 1. (zh-hist-ghost) a backward hook