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Word and Radical Components of 点滴

The Chinese word 点滴 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
点滴 1. Simplified form of 點滴

点滴 ⇨ 点 + 滴
Component Pinyin Meanings
点 1. Variant of 點
滴 dī 1. to drip; to dribble
2. to drip something into
     滴dik6 兩 滴dik6 眼藥水 - to instill a few drops of eye drops
3. drop of liquid
     兩 滴 水 - two drops of water
4. a little
5. v. (Cantonese, of ball) to bounce against a surface
dī 6. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 的.
7. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 地.
8. (cute-sounding) (Alternative form of) 得 (“Used after a verb or an adjective and before a complement”).

点 ⇨ 占 + 灬
Component Pinyin Meanings
占 zhān 1. to divine; to foretell
2. (obsolete) to watch or to peep
3. (Variant pronunciation of sense "to recount orally" below)
4. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) cent
zhàn 5. to recount orally
6. usage. Sources vary in the pronunciation of sense "to recount orally". Zhengzitong recorded a level tone, yet Zihui recorded a departing tone.
7. usage. The standard Mandarin pronunciation is zhàn in China Mainland and Taiwan.
8. (Cantonese) jam (type of fruit preserve)
9. Simplified form of 佔
火 huǒ 1. fire; flame
     可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎？ - Can I borrow a light?
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
4. to burn down
5. light; torch
6. (dialectal) light; lamp
7. anger; rage; wrath
8. to become enraged
9. angry; furious
10. (TCM) internal heat
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon
12. war; warfare
13. thriving; brisk
14. urgent; pressing
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
     ※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe
     20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星, Mars
19. (Cantonese) roasted
     Synonyms: 烤, 燒
     火鴨 - roasted duck

滴 ⇨ ⺡ + 啇
Component Pinyin Meanings
⺡ 1.
啇 dì 1. to stalk
2. stem; foot; base; root

占 ⇨ 卜
Component Pinyin Meanings
卜 bǔ 1. divination
2. to divine
3. (literary) to foretell; to predict
     生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
4. (literary) to choose
     卜居 - to choose a place to live
5. Simplified form of 蔔
6. Variant of 欲

啇 ⇨ 亠 + 丷 + 冂 + 古
Component Pinyin Meanings
亠 tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
丷 bā, dàobāzì 1. (Component variant of 八*.)
冂 jiōng 1. down box
2. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs
古 gǔ 1. the past; ancient times
     古今 - ancient and modern times
2. old; ancient
3. classic; old-styled
4. simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
5. things in the past; antiquities; history
6. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) story
     講古 - to tell a story
7. Short for 古體詩 (ancient-style poem)
     古 天 樂 - Louis Koo Tin-lok (Hong Kong actor)