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Word and Radical Components of 汤匙

The Chinese word 汤匙 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
汤匙 1. Simplified form of 湯匙

汤匙 ⇨ 汤 + 匙
Component Pinyin Meanings
汤 1. Simplified form of 湯
匙 chí 1. spoon
shi, chí, shí 2. key
     鑰匙shi - key -
     士啤 匙si4 - spare key -

汤 ⇨ 氵 +
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
1.

匙 ⇨ 是 + 匕
Component Pinyin Meanings
是 shì 1. (literary) this; this thing
     是日 - this day
2.    (literary, archaic) a pronoun that refers the object of the verb, used in an inverted object/verb construction, usually paired with the particle (m, zh, 唯) in the form of m, zh, 唯 …… 是 +
3.   唯 馬 首 是 瞻 - to look at the horse's head
4. (copulative) to be
5.    (indicating that the subject and object are the same.)
6.   泰晤士河 是 英國 第二 長 的 河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
7.    (indicating that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.)
8.   我 是 老師。 - I am a teacher.
9.   我 是 中國人。 - I am Chinese.
10.    (indicating a place being occupied by the object, where the place forms the subject.)
11.   房子 前面 是 禾場cháng。 - The threshing floor is in front of the house.
12.   到處 都 是 - to be everywhere
13. (a particle emphasizing the word following it.)
     我 是 昨天 買 的 票。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.
     我 買 票 是 在 昨天。 - It was yesterday when I bought the ticket.
14. (a particle showing agreement. In this meaning, 是 is stressed.) truly; indeed.
     天氣 是 冷。 - It is indeed cold.
     這 件 裙子zi 是 很 漂亮，但是 太 貴 了。 - Although this dress is truly beautiful, it's too expensive.
15. (a particle used in an alternative or a negative question)
     你 是 喝茶 還是 喝 咖啡？ - Would you like coffee or tea?
16. (in affirmative answers) yes; right
     你 是 張.三 嗎？是。 - Are you Zhang San? Yes.
     是，長zhǎng官。 - Yes, sir.
     是，明白 了。 - Yes, got it.
17. true; correct
     不bú是 - fault; mistake; wrongdoing
     你 說 得de 是 - What you said is right
     各 行 其 是 - to have each going his own way, i.e., doing what he considers right
     共 商 國是 - to discuss national affairs (This is a fossil word from Ancient Chinese where (och-l, 是) originally means "what is right (for the country)", i.e., "laws and policies")
18. usage. When translated as "to be", 是 is used only to link two nouns or nominal expressions.
     我 是 老師 - I am a teacher
     泰晤士河 是 英國 第二 長 的 河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK.
19. usage. 是 is not used to link a noun and an adjective. The following sentence would be incorrect:
     * 這 是 好 - *
20. usage. The correct sentence is
     這 很 好 - This is (very) good
21. usage. Here, 很 is used as a filler to link a noun and an adjective and is not interpreted as "very".
22. usage. A way to use 是 with an adjective is to use tr=de after the adjective to turn it into a noun.
     那 隻 貓 是 黑 的 - This cat is black (This cat is a black one)
匕 bǐ 1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China
2. (literary) dagger
3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother)
4. Variant of 牝

是 ⇨ 日 + 一 + 龰
Component Pinyin Meanings
日 rì 1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     Antonyms: 夜
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     三.月 四 日 (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     Synonyms: 號
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. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日, id=1
rì 12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
mì 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
一 一 1. one
     一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
     一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
     一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
     一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
     一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
     一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
     給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 下午。 (Tāmen zài hǎitān shàng wán le yī xiàwǔ.) - They played the whole afternoon on the beach.
5. same; identical
     大小 不一 - dàxiǎo bùyī - not having the same size
     大細 不一 - daai6 sai3 bat1 jat1 - not having the same size, C
6. (classical) another; alternative
     蟋蟀，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) within the word m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋律
8. With the verb modified reduplicated, expressing the transience of the verb:
9.    Indicating that the action has occurred only once
10.    看 一 看 - kàn yī kàn - to have a look
11.    望 一 望 - mong6 jat1 mong6 - to have a look, C
12.    Indicating the intention to try
13.    算 一 算 - suàn yī suàn - to try to calculate it
14.    計 一 計 - gai3 jat1 gai3 - to try to calculate it, C
15. once; as soon as; upon
     一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
     我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 焦點。 (Wǒ yī pāi le zhàopiàn, tā jiù lìjí chéngwèi zhòngrén zhǔmù de jiāodiǎn.) - As soon as I took a picture, she ran towards the limelight.
     一見如故 - yījiànrúgù - to hit it off
     一至於此 - yīzhìyúcǐ - How did things ever get so far?
16. (gay slang) top
     一號 - yīhào - a top
17. (Cantonese, argot, euphemistic) to die
18. =====Usage notes=====
yī 19. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
20. one
21. each; every
22. whole; entire; all
yíeijing dialect 23. (Beijing) one
24. =====Usage notes=====
龰 1.