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Word and Radical Components of 教堂

The Chinese word 教堂 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
教堂 jiàotáng 1. n. ecclesiastical building, especially a church or chapel

教堂 ⇨ 教 + 堂
Component Pinyin Meanings
教 jiāo 1. to teach; to instruct
     我 來 教jiāo 你。 - Let me teach you.
jiào 2. to provide guidance; to instruct
3. (obsolete or Min Nan) to tell (someone to do something); to let; to instruct
4. etiquette; rules; customs
5. religion; faith; religious teachings
     你 信 什麼 教？ - What is your religion?
6. to cause; to make
     Synonyms: 叫
     教 人 哭笑不得 -
堂 táng 1. main room of a house
2. (historical) courtroom in a yamen
3. room for a specific purpose
4. hall; chamber; large room
5. shop; store (in traditional store names)
6. class; lesson
7. of the same paternal grandfather or great-grandfather
8. place of worship (in compound words)
     教堂 - church
9. (honorific) mother

教 ⇨ 孝 + 攵
Component Pinyin Meanings
孝 xiào 1. to do one's filial duty; to show filial piety
2. filial piety; filial duty
3. mourning
4. mourning dress
5. (Min Nan) to offer up sacrifices (to gods or ancestors)
6. (Mainland China Hokkien) custom and etiquette to be observed after the death of one's seniors
7. (Xiamen, , Zhangzhou, &, Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar, derogatory) to eat
攴 pū 1. rap
2. to hit lightly; to tap
3. usage. When used as a component in other characters, 攴 can be referred to as 敲字邊.

堂 ⇨ 尚 + 土
Component Pinyin Meanings
尚 shàng 1. still; yet
     年紀 尚 幼 - still young
     不良反應：尚 不 明確。 - Adverse reactions: still unclear.
2. (literary, or in compounds) even
3. to value; to esteem; to worship
     (zh-x, 尚武)
4. (obsolete) to assist; to administer (for the emperor)
5. prevailing custom
     時尚 - fashion
6. (literary, or in compounds) noble; virtuous
7. (obsolete) Alternative form of 上 (to exceed)
     Shang
     尚 可-喜 - Shang Kexi (Chinese general of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)
cháng 8. (zh-used, 尚羊, chángyáng)
9. (Variant pronunciation used in position of the chief secretary.)
土 tǔ 1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 的 土 夠 肥 的。 - The soil here is quite fertile.
2. (dialectal) dust
3. land
     國土 - territory
     寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory
4. crude opium
     煙土 - crude opium
5. hometown; native place
     故土 - native land; native place
6. local; native; indigenous
     土著 - aboriginal
     土話 - local dialect
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
     我 覺得 東北話 實在 太 土 了。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic.
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
     土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method
     土 槍 - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. the Tu ethnic group; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其, Turkey
     俄 土 戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
tú 11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士

孝 ⇨ 耂 + 子
Component Pinyin Meanings
老 lǎo 1. old; aged; elderly
     (ant, zh, 幼, 少)
     老樹 - old tree
     老 婦人 - old woman
     人 老 了 記憶力 就 差 了。 - One's memory worsens when age increases.
2. old (as opposed to new); of long standing
     (ant, zh, 新)
     老 歌 - old song
     老朋友 - old friend
3. outdated; old-fashioned
4. original; former
     老 地方 - usual place
     老 本行háng - original profession
5. the elderly; one's elders
     敬老 - to respect the elderly
6. (Used after the surname of an old person to address a venerable old person)
     王 老 - revered old Wang
7. (figurative) experienced
     (ant, zh, 嫩)
     老手 - an old hand
     老兵 - veteran
8. (literary) to respect (the elderly, one's elders)
9. (of cooked food) overcooked; tough; stringy; hard
     牛排 太 老 了，我 咬 不 動 它。 - The steak was so tough I couldn't eat it.
     這 雞蛋 煮 老 了，你 沒 掌握 好 火候。 - This egg is hard; you didn't time it properly.
10. (of food or potable liquids) stale; not fresh
11. always; all the time
     你 別 老 這樣！ - Stop being always like this!
12. (chiefly dialectal) very; quite
     老早 - very early
     他 人 老 好 了。 - He is such a nice person! colloquial, somewhat regional
     看到 儂 真個 老 開心。 (2khoe tau&3non&1tsen geq&3lau&1khe xin, SH) - I am really happy to see you.
13. (euphemistic, of an elderly person) to die; to pass away (usually with tr=le)
14. (affectionate, respectful) (Used before surnames to refer to heads or elder members of families.)
     → 小 (for younger people)
     老 張 馬上 來 了，我 得děi 趕緊 收拾 一 下 屋 子。 - Old Zhang is going to be here any minute. I need to hurry up and straighten the room up a bit.
15. (usually respectful and affectionate) (Used by analogy in several other relationship terms.)
     老師 - teacher
     老婆 - wifey
     老公 - hubby
16. (obsolete, originally, honorific) (Prefix for animals or people considered senior, fierce, and often awe-inspiring.)
     老鷹 - eagle
     老虎 - tiger
     老鼠 - mouse, rat; (obsolete) bat
     老狼 - (rare) elder and experienced wolf
     老貓 - (rare) elder (potentially annoying) cat
     老狐狸 - (surviving usage) elder, cunning and experienced fox
     老傢夥 -
     老東西 -
     老雜碎 -
17. (colloquial) (Used before nouns, especially names of ethnicities, places and countries, to form nouns.)
     老外 - foreigner; (pejorative) layman, one who lacks knowledge of a subject
     老美 - Yank
     老表 - a friend (direct speech, may be intimate or offensive depending on provinces)
     老毛子zi - (pejorative) Russian person
     老蒙古 - (pejorative) Mongols
     老北京 - indigenous Beijing person
     老山東 - indigenous Shandong person
     老西兒r - (affectionate) Shanxi person
     老回回 - Hui person (affectionate in some cases, pejorative in other cases, never neutral, depend on the region, speaker, listener situation and speaking mood)
18. Short for 老子, Laozi; Lao Tzu
19. (Mainland China, Hong Kong) Short for 老撾, Laos
子 zǐ 1. (literary) child; offspring
2. son
     獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
     愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
     一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
3. (literary) descendant; posterity
4. (Christianity) the Son
5. (in compounds) person
     女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
6. (literary) master; teacher
7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
     孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
     老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
8. (literary, polite) you
9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
     葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
10. egg
     魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
11. young; tender; small
12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
     子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
15. (physics, biology) -on
16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
18. (Min Nan)
zi 19. Suffix:
20.    Used to nominalize.
21.    瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
22.    刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
23.    胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
24.    (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
25.    一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
26. small, round object
     算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)

尚 ⇨ ⺌ + 冋
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.
冋 1. Variant of 坰