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Word and Radical Components of 摩托车

The Chinese word 摩托车 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
摩托车 1. Simplified form of 摩托車

摩托车 ⇨ 摩 + 托 + 车
Component Pinyin Meanings
mó, mā 1. to rub; to scour; to grind
2. to stroke; to brush
3. to approach; to touch; to draw near
4. to study; to investigate; to research
5. (chemistry) Short for 摩爾, mole
tuō 1. to hold in the hand
2. something that supports
3. torr (unit of pressure)
4. (Cantonese, euphemistic) Short for 托柒
5. Simplified form of 託
1. Variant of 車
2. Variant of 卓

摩 ⇨ 麻 + 手
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. general name for hemp, flax, jute, etc.
     大麻 - hemp; cannabis
     黃麻 - jute
     亞麻 - flax
2. hemp fibre; linen
     麻布 - sackcloth; linen
     麻繩 - hemp rope
3. (historical, obsolete) hemp band worn on the head or waist by the a mourner
4. mourning garment; mourning apparel
     披麻戴孝 - to wear the hemp garments of mourning
5. (historical) imperial edict
6. Short for 芝麻, sesame
     麻油 - sesame oil
7. numerous; chaotic
8. coarse; rough
9. spotty; pitted
     麻雀 - sparrow
10. (TCM) Short for 麻疹, measles
11. pockmark; pock
     麻子 - pockmark; pockmarked person
     麻臉 - pockmarked face
12. numb; senseless
     麻痺 - paralysis
     麻藥 - anesthetic
      。 - My legs have gone numb while sitting.
13. (of foods) having the taste like one of Sichuan pepper
     麻辣 - Sichuan pepper-y and spicy
     舌頭 發麻 - to have a tingling tongue
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.

托 ⇨ 扌 + 乇
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.
zhé 1. (obsolete) blade of grass; leaf
2. Variant of 託
tuō 3. (obsolete) torr
4. (Min Dong) thing; stuff
5. (Gutian Min Dong) what

车 ⇨ 一 + + 十
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=====
1.
shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect

乇 ⇨ 丿 + 七
Component Pinyin Meanings
丿 piě 1. slash
2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
3. to arrive
1. seven
2. (printing) agate: The size of type between 8, standardized as 5½ point.
3. Variant of ?