Word and Radical Components of 棉签
棉签 ⇨ 棉 + 签
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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棉 | mián | 1. kapok (tree, fiber) |
木棉 - kapok | ||
2. cotton (tree, fiber) | ||
樹棉 - Gossypium hirsutum (tree cotton) | ||
棉衣 - cotton-padded clothing | ||
3. cotton-like material | ||
石棉 - asbestos | ||
Mian | 签 | 1. Simplified form of 簽 |
2. Simplified form of 籤 |
棉 ⇨ 木 + 帛
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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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. | 帛 | bó | 1. silks; fabrics |
2. wealth; property |
签 ⇨ 竹
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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竹 | zhú | 1. bamboo |
竹子zi - bamboo | ||
2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo | ||
Zhu |
帛 ⇨ 白 + 巾
Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
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白 | bái, bó | 1. white |
白色 (báisè) - white color | ||
白茶 (báichá) - white tea | ||
2. clear; easy to understand | ||
明白bai (míngbai) - clear, obvious | ||
淺白 (qiǎnbái) - simple | ||
3. clear; pure; plain; blank | ||
白紙 (báizhǐ) - a blank sheet of paper | ||
白卷 (báijuǎn) - blank exam paper | ||
白水 (báishuǐ) - plain water | ||
白粥 (báizhōu) - plain congee | ||
4. bright; well-lit | ||
5. eminent; prominent | ||
6. vernacular | ||
白話 (báihuà) - spoken language | ||
7. dialect | ||
蘇白 (sūbái) - Suzhou dialect | ||
京白 (jīngbái) - Beijing dialect | ||
8. Short for 白讀 (gloss=colloquial reading) | ||
9. reactionary; anticommunist | ||
白軍 (báijūn) - The White army | ||
白區 (báiqū) - The White area | ||
白色恐怖 (báisèkǒngbù) - the White terror | ||
10. in vain; for nothing | ||
我們 沒有 白 忙。 - Our efforts were not in vain. | ||
她 白 等 了。 - She waited in vain. | ||
他們 的 血 沒有 白 流。 (Tāmen de xuè méiyǒu bái liú.) - Their blood was not shed in vain. | ||
所有 的 工作 都 白 做 了。 (Suǒyǒu de gōngzuò dōu bái zuò le.) - All the work has been done for nothing. | ||
白 來 一趟 (bái lái yītàng) - to come in vain; to come for nothing | ||
白給 的 東西xi (báigěi de dōngxi) - something given for nothing | ||
11. free of charge; gratuitous; gratis | ||
你 可以 白 拿走 這 些 蘋果。 (Nǐ kěyǐ bái názǒu zhè xiē píngguǒ.) - You can have these apples for free. | ||
12. to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes | ||
她 生氣 地de 白 了 他 一眼。 (Tā shēngqì de bái le tā yīyǎn.) - She gave him an angry stare. | ||
13. to explain; to present; to state | ||
自白 (zìbái) - explain oneself, confess | ||
開場白 (kāichǎngbái) - preamble | ||
表白 (biǎobái) - to explain oneself | ||
辯白 (biànbái) - to explain, to defend oneself | ||
14. to mispronounce or wrongly write a character | ||
我 老是 寫 白 字 讀破句。 (Wǒ lǎoshì xiě bái zì dúpòjù.) - I always mispronounce words and break my sentences up in the wrong places. | ||
我 把 這 字 念 白 了。 (Wǒ bǎ zhè zì niàn bái le.) - I've mispronounced the character. | ||
15. spoken lines | ||
念白 (niànbái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera | ||
道白 (dàobái) - spoken parts of a Chinese opera | ||
獨白 (dúbái) - monologue | ||
對白 (duìbái) - dialogue | ||
16. funeral | ||
紅白喜事 (hóngbáixǐshì) - weddings and funerals | ||
17. . Bai | ||
白 ^崇-禧 (Bái Chóngxǐ) - Bai Chongxi | ||
18. Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China | 巾 | jīn | 1. turban |
2. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief | ||
3. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China |