Word and Radical Components of 水管工
水管工 ⇨ 水 + 管 + 工
| 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 | 管 | guǎn | 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood |
| 2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument | ||
| 3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula | ||
| 吸管 - straw | ||
| 4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush | ||
| 5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge | ||
| 管理 - to manage | ||
| 6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline | ||
| 7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with | ||
| 8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply | ||
| 9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep | ||
| 10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of | ||
| 11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name) | ||
| 臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆. | ||
| 12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to | ||
| 13. (Sichuan) to be worth | ||
| 管 ^寧 - Guan Ning | 工 | gōng | 1. labour; work |
| 工作 - work | ||
| 罷工 - to strike | ||
| 偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials | ||
| 2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession | ||
| 你 做 什麼 工？ - What is your job? | ||
| 你 失業\失 咗 失業\業 咁 耐，仲 唔 快 啲 搵 返 份 工！ - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon! | ||
| 3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours) | ||
| 4. worker; labourer | ||
| 女工 - female worker | ||
| 礦工 - miner | ||
| 陶瓷工 - potter | ||
| 工農 - workers and peasants | ||
| 5. man-day | ||
| 6. construction | ||
| 工地 - construction site | ||
| 竣工 - to finish construction | ||
| 7. industry | ||
| 化工 - chemical industry | ||
| 8. engineer | ||
| 9. skill; technique | ||
| 10. to be good at; to be skilled in | ||
| 11. delicate; exquisite; fine | ||
| 工巧 - delicate; exquisite | ||
| gōng | 12. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3). | |
| 13. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3). |
管 ⇨ ⺮ + 官
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 竹 | zhú | 1. bamboo |
| 竹子zi - bamboo | ||
| 2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo | ||
| Zhu | 官 | guān | 1. government official, public servant |
| 官員 - official | ||
| 做官 - to hold an official position | ||
| 外交官 - diplomat | ||
| 2. governmental; official | ||
| 官辦 - government-run; operated by official bodies | ||
| 官方 - official; authoritative; approved | ||
| 3. public; communal | ||
| Synonyms: 公, 公共, 公用 | ||
| Antonyms: 私 | ||
| 4. organ (part of a body) | ||
| Synonyms: 器官 | ||
| 五官 - the five sense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue) |
官 ⇨ 宀 + 㠯
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 宀 | mián | 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms |
| 2. a kind of flower | ||
| 3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”)) | ||
| 4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭. | 㠯 | 1. |