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Word and Radical Components of 水桶

The Chinese word 水桶 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
水桶 shuǐtǒng 1. n. (literally) bucket (container used to hold and carry liquids)
2. n. (figuratively) big waist
3. v. (Taiwan, Internet slang) to ban someone from posting on an Internet forum

水桶 ⇨ 水 + 桶
Component Pinyin Meanings
水 shuǐ 1. water
     請 給 我 一 杯 水，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)
     要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
     欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (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
     三 面 環 水 (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
     掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
     三 嚿 水 - 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 的 大學 太 水 了。 (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 Wu Xing (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
桶 tǒng 1. pail; bucket; tub
2. cask; keg
3. barrel (unit)
4. (Philippines Hokkien) million
     一 桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH

桶 ⇨ 木 + 甬
Component Pinyin Meanings
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.
甬 yǒng, dòng 1. (obsolete) handle of a bell
2. path screened by walls on both sides
3. An ancient name for Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province
4. The Yong River in Ningbo

甬 ⇨ 龴 + 用
Component Pinyin Meanings
龴 1.
用 yòng 1. to use; to employ; to operate
     你 會 不 會 用 電腦？ - Can you use a computer?
     我 用 海綿 來 吸 水。 - I used a sponge to draw the water.
2. use; utility; usefulness
     有用 - useful
     沒用 - useless
3. (honorific) to eat; to drink
     是 喝 茶 的 時間 啦，請 用 一 杯 茶 吧！ - It is tea time. Please have a cup of tea!
4. expenses; outlay
     費用 - cost, expense
     用度 - expense
     家用 - family expenses
5. with; by; using
     用 叉子zi 吃 東西xi - to eat with a fork
     我 用 筷子 吃飯。 - I eat food with chopsticks.
     我 用 濕 抹布 擦 桌子。 - I wash the table with a wet cloth.
     我 老闆 用 姓 稱呼 我。 - My boss calls me by my last name.
6. (chiefly used in the negative or interrogative) to need
     不用 急，慢慢mān 來。 - No need to hurry. Please take it easy.
7. (literary) therefore
8. (obsolete) because of; due to; because