| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 拐杖 | guǎizhàng | 1. n. walking stick; cane |
| 拐杖 的 作用 是 幫助 行動 不便 的 人。 - The purpose of a walking stick is to assist those those with mobility issues. | ||
| 2. usage. In Mandarin, 手杖 can be used to describe a cane that has other uses, such as hiking or scaring away wild snakes. |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 拐 | guǎi | 1. to turn |
| 請 右 拐。 - Please turn right. | ||
| 請 左 拐。 - Please turn left. | ||
| 2. to kidnap; to abduct | ||
| 3. to misappropriate | ||
| 4. walking stick; cane | ||
| 拄拐 - to walk with a cane | ||
| 5. the numeral seven (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military) | ||
| 6. (Sichuan) wrong; incorrect | 杖 | zhàng | 1. walking stick |
| 2. staff; rod; cane; wand | ||
| 3. (historical) flogging with a stick | ||
| 4. (Min Dong) |
| 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. | 另 | lìng | 1. another; separate; other |
| 另 一 回 事 - another thing | ||
| 另計 - to count separately | ||
| 2. in addition; besides | ||
| 另 有 打算 - to have other plans | ||
| 另請高明 - to find someone better qualified (than myself) | ||
| 3. Used to add a postscript to a letter like the English abbreviation "P.S." (attention, zh, needs check) | ||
| 4. Variant of 剮 |
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. | 丈 | zhàng | 1. A unit of measurement. |
| 2. The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi (尺) | ||
| 3. The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 meters. | ||
| 4. Synonyms: 市丈 | ||
| 5. The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 meters, identical to the Japanese jō. | ||
| 6. The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters. | ||
| 7. to survey (land); to measure | ||
| 8. gentleman; man; husband | ||
| 丈夫 - husband |
| 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 | 力 | lì | 1. physical strength; physical power; energy |
| 她 個gè子 雖 小 但 力 大 驚人。 - For a small woman she has surprising strength. | ||
| 2. force; strength; power | ||
| 汽力 - steam power | ||
| 藥力 - efficacy of a drug | ||
| 力量 - power | ||
| 攻擊力 - firepower | ||
| 3. (physics) force | ||
| 這 個 力 的 方向 與 位移 相xiāng同。 - This force is the same direction as the displacement. | ||
| 4. ability; capability | ||
| 能力 - ability | ||
| 他 對 古董 很 有 鑑賞 力。 - He has an eye for antiques. | ||
| 5. power and influence; might | ||
| 6. (literary) to make an effort; to strive; to endeavor; to work hard | ||
| 7. with all one's might; doing all in one's power | ||
| 力爭 - to work hard for | ||
| 力挽狂瀾 - to do one's utmost to save a desperate situation | ||
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