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Word and Radical Components of 烈酒

The Chinese word 烈酒 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
烈酒 lièjiǔ 1. n. hard liquor; spirit

烈酒 ⇨ 烈 + 酒
Component Pinyin Meanings
liè 1. fiery; violent; blazing
2. (literary) bright; brilliant
3. (literary) to burn
4. vehement; ardent; extreme
5. staunch; upright; strong
6. (honorific) person who dies for a special cause; martyr
7. (literary) merits; exploits; achievements
jiǔ 1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink
      幹嗎 ? (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol?

烈 ⇨ 列 + 灬
Component Pinyin Meanings
liè 1. (zh-o) to tear apart; to break up; to separate; to split
2. a line of objects
3. to list
4. (Mainland) column (in data tables)
     (syn, zh, )
5. (Taiwan) row (in data tables)
     (syn, zh, )
6. (Mainland) Short for 列寧 (Lenin)
huǒ 1. fire; flame
     可以 一個 ? - 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, "" 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 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星 (Mars)
19. (Cantonese) roasted
     (syn, zh, , )
     火鴨 - roasted duck

酒 ⇨ 氵 + 酉
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
yǒu 1. wine
2. an alcoholic drink vessel
3. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
4. rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
5. the period from 17:00 to 19:00
6. (mathematics) unitary
7. usage. Although it remains associated with alcoholic drink, the character alone is mostly used as the tenth earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.

列 ⇨ 歹 + 刂
Component Pinyin Meanings
dǎi 1. death
2. bad; wicked; evil
     歹意 - malicious intent
3. misdeed; something evil
jīng      wéi非作歹 - to do evil
4. (Hokkien, Teochew) bad; wicked; evil
     歹勢sè - excuse me (lit. bad feeling), MN
5. (Hokkien) to become bad; to break down
     冷氣 % %! - The air conditioner broke down!, MN
6. (Hokkien) to be fierce
      無代無誌 ? - Why are you being fierce to me for no reason?, MN
7. (Hokkien) to cause something to be harmed or damaged
      - 腹肚所以 下晡 請假。 - I became sick because of bad food, so I have to take my afternoon off., MN
8. (Hokkien) difficult; hard (to do something)
     落雨 時陣chit tiâu 。 - When it rains, the road becomes really difficult to walk on., MN
dāo, lìdāopáng 1. radical form of 刀.