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Word and Radical Components of 水壶

The Chinese word 水壶 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
水壶 1. Simplified form of 水壺

水壶 ⇨ 水 + 壶
Component Pinyin Meanings
shuǐ 1. water
      謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
     喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
     冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
     冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
     凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
     熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
     開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
     滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
     水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
     水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
     水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
     雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
     海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
     飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
     礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
     蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
     水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
     水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
     碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
     脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
     水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
     雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
2. liquid; potion; juice
     口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
     汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
     羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
     香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
     眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
      什麼 ? (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
      sím ? (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
4. (archaic) river
     漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
5. body of water
     水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
      (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
6. flood
     發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
7. additional cost or income
8. (dialectal) rain
9. (Cantonese) money
     磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
     loek6-1 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
      - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
13. to swim
     水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
     這裡 大學 。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
15. Short for 划水 (gloss=to shirk; to slack off)
16. one of the five elements of Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) (五行)
17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
18. Sui people
     水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
19. Variant of 媠
1. Simplified form of 壺

壶 ⇨ 士 + 冖 + 业
Component Pinyin Meanings
shì 1. (obsolete) unmarried male; bachelor
2. (obsolete) (honorific) man
3. (obsolete) general; high-ranking military officer
4. (obsolete) soldier; noncommissioned officer
     士兵 - soldier
5. (historical) scholar-official (civil servant appointed by the emperor of China to perform day-to-day governance)
6. (historical) (self-appellation used by scholar-officials in ancient China, when addressing the emperor:) I; subject
7. (historical) a social stratum in ancient China
8. scholar; academic; intellectual; intelligentsia
     博士 - doctor; doctoral degree
     院士 - academician
9. (honorific, obsolete) (suffix for a virtuous, knowledgeable or skilled person:) commendable person
     女士 - Lady
     護士 - nurse
     人士 - public figure
     助產士 - midwife
10. (Chinese chess) adviser; guard; minister (usually only on the black side, in some sets on both red and black sides)
11. (obsolete) Alternative form of 仕 (to be an official)
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13. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low la (6̣).)
     (syn, zh, )
14. Simplified form of 土
1. cover
2. Variant of 冪
3. usage. As a component of other characters, 冖 can be referred to as Xiang.
1. Simplified form of 業
2. Variant of 丘
3. Variant of 北

业 ⇨ 䒑 + 丨 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 艸
gǔn 1. line
2. (zh-hist-ghost) be through up and down
gǔn 1. line
2. (zh-hist-ghost) be through up and down