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Word and Radical Components of 牛仔裤

The Chinese word 牛仔裤 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
牛仔裤 1. Simplified form of 牛仔褲

牛仔裤 ⇨ 牛 + 仔 + 裤
Component Pinyin Meanings
niú 1. bovine, e.g. cow, bull, ox, buffalo, bison, yak
2. beef
     gān.牛河 - beef chow fun
3. stubborn; pigheaded
4. (colloquial) arrogant
5. (mainland, Mandarin, slang) awesome; powerful
     牛屄 - vulgar awesome
     牛人 - an awesome person
6. (astronomy) the Ox, a Chinese constellation near Capricorn
7. (physics) Short for 牛頓 (tr=niúdùn, newton)
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) Short for 火牛 (transformer)
      - - Niu Sengru (Tang politician)
1. (Min Nan) An interfix placed between two nouns to show the relationship between the two objects.
     翁仔某 (ang-á-bó͘) - husband and wife, MN
2. (Min Nan) An interfix placed between two numbers to denote the value of 100, i.e. x (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 仔) y = 100x + 10y.
     -- (saⁿ-á-gō͘) - three hundred fifty, MN
3. (Min Nan) An interfix used limitedly in certain temporal location adverbs.
     kin仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t) - today, MN
     bîn仔載 (bîn-á-chài) - tomorrow, MN
4. a suffix used after nouns
     樹仔 (su-é) - tree, H
5. a suffix that makes a derogatory slur
     阿山仔 (â-sân-é) - Mainlander, H
6. (zh-only used in, 仔肩)
7. Used to show a verb has been completed before the last verb of a sentence, often in a sequence of events.
8. Used to indicate the present perfective.
      。 - tr=, I've been here for several days already., SH, ref=2010, Qian Nairong, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 《滬語便商所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Bo
      逃走 脫仔! - Don't let him get away!, ref=(lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 江苏省志方言志, page 538, W-SZ)
9. =====Usage notes=====
10. In some lects, such as Shanghainese, (l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 了) is a lot more common nowadays. To distinguish between it, l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 脫了, and l-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 脫, see 脫了Usage notes
1. Simplified form of 褲

仔 ⇨ 亻 + 子
Component Pinyin Meanings
rén 1. Side form of the person (人) radical.
2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁.
1. (literary) child; offspring
2. son
     獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
     愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
      - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
3. (literary) descendant; posterity
4. (Christianity) the Son
5. (in compounds) person
     女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
6. (literary) master; teacher
7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
     孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
     老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
8. (literary, polite) you
9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
     葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
10. egg
     魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
11. young; tender; small
12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
     子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
15. (physics, biology) -on
16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
18. (Min Nan)
zi 19. Suffix:
20.    Used to nominalize.
21.    瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
22.    刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
23.    胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
24.    (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
25.    一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
26. small, round object
     算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)