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Word and Radical Components of 电话亭

The Chinese word 电话亭 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
电话亭 1. Simplified form of 電話亭

电话亭 ⇨ 电 + 话 + 亭
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 電
1. Simplified form of 話
tíng 1. (historical) inn
2. pavilion
3. kiosk
     電話亭 - telephone booth
4. (obsolete) erect
5. (historical) (a local administrative agency during the Qin and Han dynasties)
     亭長 - district leader

电 ⇨ 田 + 乚
Component Pinyin Meanings
tián 1. farmland
      玉米 - a corn field -
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     油田 - oil field -
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田, Ovaltine
     Synonyms: 華田
      - iced Ovaltine -
4. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
1. Variant of 乙
2. Variant of 隱

话 ⇨ 讠 + 舌
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. speech
2. Simplified form of 訁
shé, shó 1. (anatomy) tongue
2. tongue-shaped object
3. clapper of a bell
4. Variant of ?

亭 ⇨ 亠 + 口 + 冖 + 丁
Component Pinyin Meanings
tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
kǒu 1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
      。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
      出自 聽來 令人 奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
     入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
     出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
     門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
3. gateway
     張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
     口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
     口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
4. hole; cut
     口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
     傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
5. port
     電腦 端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
     Csēi (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
6. perimeter
     人口 (rénkǒu) - population
     戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
7. government organ; department
      (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
      可以 ? (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
9. Variant of 名
1. cover
2. Variant of 冪
3. usage. As a component of other characters, 冖 can be referred to as 蓋頭 (Xiang).
dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     lou1 -
      - - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. Only used in 丁丁
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪

丁 ⇨ 一 + 亅
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. one
      - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
      - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
      - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
      - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
      - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
      - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
      蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 海灘 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 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, ) 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
      OP 。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
      照片 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 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=====
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=====
jué 1. a backward hook