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Word and Radical Components of 烟囱

The Chinese word 烟囱 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
烟囱 1. Simplified form of 煙囪

烟囱 ⇨ 烟 + 囱
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 煙
yīn 2. Only used in 烟熅 (, 烟烟熅熅)
1. Simplified form of 囪
2. Variant of 窗

烟 ⇨ 火 + 因
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
     Synonyms: ,
     火鴨 - roasted duck
yīn 1. (literary) to follow (e.g. a tradition)
     因循守舊 - to adhere to tradition -
2. (literary) to take advantage; to make use of a situation
3. (archaic) conveniently; in passing; expediently
4. (archaic) thus; in such way; therefore; accordingly
5. (archaic) through; via
6. (obsolete) to multiply
7. depending on; according to; based on; contingent upon
     因人而異 - to vary from one person to another -
     因地制宜 - to make plans according to local conditions -
8. (Cantonese) to estimate
      haa5 時間gaan3, haa5 。 - Estimate the time to see how long it takes to arrive.
9. reason; cause
     因果 - cause and effect -
     近因 - direct cause; immediate cause -
10. because; since
11. due to; because of
     因此 - because of this; therefore; ergo -
      改期 - to be rescheduled because of the rain -

囱 ⇨ 丶 + 囗 + 夂
Component Pinyin Meanings
zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)
1. enclosure
2. Variant of 圍
3. Variant of 國
4. Simplified form of 口
zhǐ 1. go
2. Variant of 終
3. Variant of 夊
4. usage. As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 冬字頭.

因 ⇨ 囗 + 大
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. enclosure
2. Variant of 圍
3. Variant of 國
4. Simplified form of 口
1. of great size; big; large; huge
     Antonyms:
      ! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
     ni1 。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
      關係 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
     大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
     昨天 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
      ? - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
      (dà kū) - to cry violently
     大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
      相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
      遇到 情況 可以 走人 na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
      知道 昨兒r 過來lai zhēteng 好家伙huo,chà點兒r. 這兒r ! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
     Antonyms:
     他們 一直 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
      一家 石油 公司 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
      書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
     Antonyms:
      ? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
      。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
      daai6-2 。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
      廣州 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
     Antonyms:
      。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
      aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me?
      mai5 。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
     咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
      。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
     北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
dài, dà 17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
      daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰