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Word and Radical Components of 星期六

The Chinese word 星期六 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
星期六 xīng期liù 1. n. Saturday

星期六 ⇨ 星 + 期 + 六
Component Pinyin Meanings
Xīng 1. transliteration of Indian name Singh
qī, qí 1. to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet
     不期而遇 - to meet unexpectedly or by chance
2. (literary) to meet; to gather
3. to hope; to wish; to expect
     期待 - to look forward to
     (zh-co, 未來 ,)
4. date; specific day; scheduled time
     限期 - deadline
5. (Cantonese) time slots; schedule
      今個 全部 。 - All my time slots are filled this month.
6. period of time; stage
     學期 - semester
     青春期 - adolescence
7. (geology) age (geochronologic unit)
8. (obsolete) undoubtedly; certainly
9. (obsolete) limit
10. (obsolete) good fortune; chance
jī, qī 11. (obsolete) one-year anniversary
12. (historical, obsolete) one-year mourning (garment) for the death of a senior family member
liù, lù 1. six
      - Six Cities (a literal translation of Altishahr, an ancient name for the region Xinjiang/East Turkestan)
2. (printing) small text; The size of type between little 6, standardized as 7½ point.
3. (dialectal) proficient
4. (neologism, Internet slang) awesome; excellent; remarkable
5. . (pronounced Lù)
6. name of an ancient state (pronounced Lù), also found in placenames (e.g., tr=Lù'ān Lu'an, Anhui, China)
liù 7. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note sol (5).)
8. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note sol (5).)

星 ⇨ 日 + 生
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     (ant, zh, )
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     . (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     (syn, zh, )
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. (zh-div, 母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of ltc-l, 日, id=1
12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
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
shēng, shēn 1. to live; to subsist; to exist
2. to grow; to develop; to bud
3. (causative) to bear; to give birth; to bring up; to rear
      妻子 雙胞胎 女孩。 (Tā qīzǐ shēng le yī duì shuāngbāotāi nǚhái.) - His wife gave birth to twin girls.
4. to be born; to come into existence
      中國。 (Tā shēng zài zhōngguó.) - He was born in China.
5. pupil; disciple; student
      作為 全日制 必須 定期 上課。 (Nǐ zuòwèi quánrìzhì shēng bìxū dìngqī shàngkè.) - As a full-time student, you should attend classes on a regular basis.
6. (historical) scholar; Confucian scholar
7. (opera) actor or male character
8. Short for 先生 (gentleman)
9.    (Cantonese, honorific, suffix) Short for 先生 (Mr.)
10.   陳 生 - Mr. Chan
11. having life; live
     (syn, zh, )
     規矩 。 - Rules are lifeless; humans are not.
      jyu4-2 啱啱 soeng5 saang1 。 - The fish was just caught with a hook and line from the river. It is still alive.
12. life; existence; being; living
     殺生 (shāshēng) - to destroy a life
13. fresh; not stale
14. unripe
15. raw; uncooked
     (ant, zh, )
      洋蔥 (shēng yángcōng) - raw onions
      gok3 ni1 仲係 。 - I think this piece of meat is too raw.
16. (historical ethnography) uncultured; uncultivated; wild; uncivilized; savage
      (shēng Lí) - wild Li
17. strange; unfamiliar
     生人 (shēngrén) - stranger
18. mechanically; forcedly
19. very; quite; extremely
     生怕 (shēngpà) - to fear; to be afraid of
20. vivid; strong; forceful
21. innate; natural; born with
22. living things; organism
23. livelihood; subsistence
     謀生 (móushēng) - to make a living
24. lifetime; all one's life
     來生 (láishēng) - afterlife
25. birthday; anniversary
     慶生 (qìngshēng) - to celebrate one's birthday
26. to bring back to life; to revive; to rescue
27. to generate; to breed; to create
28. to manufacture; to produce
29. to happen; to occur; to take place
30. to catch (a disease)
      什麼 ? (Wǒ shēng le shénme bìng?) - What disease have I got?
     seⁿ (seⁿ-chôa) - to have shingles, MN
31. to be infested by a parasite
      跳蚤 (shēng tiàozǎo) - to be infested with fleas
      蝨乸 - to be infested with lice
32. (Buddhism) to go into society; to be reincarnated
33. (dialectal) to set up; to put in; to settle
34. to light; to ignite (a fire)
     母親 爐子zi。 (Mǔqīn méi yǒu shēng lúzi.) - Mother did not light the stove.
35. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note high do (1̇).
     (syn, zh, )
sāng 36. (Hong Kong, honorific, suffix) -san, when referring to a Japanese person

期 ⇨ 其 + 月
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. his; her; its; their
     各司其職 - each person performs his own function
2. he; she; it; they; one
     投其所好hào - to adapt to somebody's taste (lit. to cater to that which one likes)
3. that; those
4. (literary) among which; therein
5. (literary) probably; perhaps
     (syn, zh, 大概, 或許)
6. (obsolete) (particle indicating intention); let, shall, will
7. (literary) (adverb indicating a rhetorical question)
     (syn, zh, , 難道)
8. (literary) (adverb indicating imperative)
9. (obsolete) if
10. (obsolete) (conjunction indicating a question with choices); or
11. (Min Dong or obsolete) (possessive particle.)
12. (obsolete) (Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.)
13. (obsolete) (zh-used2, n)
      Yì-jī - Li Yiji (an advisor to Liu Bang)
14. (archaic) (zh-only, 彼其)
yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     (syn, zh, 月份, wuu:號頭)
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明

六 ⇨ 亠 + 八
Component Pinyin Meanings
tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
1. eight
2. many; numerous
3. (printing) pearl (q, the smallest size of usual type, standardized as 5 point)
4. (zh-abbrev, 八卦)
5.    to gossip (about); to stick one's nose in
6.    (Cantonese) nosey; meddling
7.   八婆 - nosey parker; meddling woman
     Ba
8. Variant of 捌

其 ⇨ 共 + 二
Component Pinyin Meanings
gòng 1. common
     (zh-co, 共識, common understanding; consensus)
2. together
      晚餐 - to have dinner together
3. to share
4. altogether
      前後 。 - From beginning to end, I altogether bought five pairs of shoes.
5. Short for 共產黨 (communist party)
     (zh-co, 反共, anti-communist)
6.    (specifically) the Communist Party of China
7.    (zh-co, 國共, Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China)
8. (literary or dialectal) and
9. (literary or Min Dong, Hokkien) with; to
      。 - I tell you., MN
10. (Min Dong, Hokkien, dated in Cantonese) for
      開門。 (Kā góa khui-mn̂g.) - Open the door for me., MN
11. (Hokkien) (Used in imperative sentences for emphasis)
      leh! (Lí kā góa ē kì leh!) - Remember this!, MN
12. (Min Dong, Hokkien) (Particle introducing the object of the verb)
      pàng 袂記 (kā i pàng bē-kì) - Forget about him., MN
13. (Zhangzhou, &, Taiwan Min Nan) same
     kāng (kāng-khoán) - the same, MN
     無共kāng (bô-kāng) - not the same; different, MN
gōng 14. (literary) Alternative form of 供 (to provide)
15. (literary) Alternative form of 恭 (respectful)
16. (literary) Alternative form of 宮 (castration (as punishment))
gǒng 17. (literary) Alternative form of 拱 (to fold the hands in front of the breast; to surround)
èr 1. two
      (èr hào xiàn) - line no. 2
2. second
     二哥 - second elder brother
     (zh-co, 二意, tr=èryì)
     (zh-co, 二心, tr=èrxīn)
3. (handwritten, dated, now, informal) (An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.)
     (syn, zh, , )
4. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
     ※ (Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value
      - one hundred twenty
      (pah jī) - one hundred twenty, MN
      電腦 。 (Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr.) - Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
5. Short for "twenty cents".
     黃瓜 。 (Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.) - The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
6. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
      怎麼 這麼 ! (Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr!) - Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
7. (HKC, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (q, usually implies failing the subject)
      中文man4-2 唔到 Uju1。 - I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
8. (classical) Alternative form of 貳; usually limited to the simplified script
     不二过 - tr=bù'èrguò
9. usage. See 兩 - Usage notes.