Word and Radical Components of 私语

The Chinese word 私语 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
私语		1. Simplified form of 私語

私语 ⇨ 私 + 语

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
私	sī	1. self; personal; private
		私人 - personal
		私有 - private
		2. selfish
		自私 - selfish
		3. (Classical, humble) (first-person singular pronoun:) I; me
		4. illegal or secret goods
		走私 - to smuggle
		5. stealthily; secretly
		私语 - to whisper
		6. (obsolete) (Used by women to refer to their sister's husband)
		7. reproductive organs; genitals
		8. (internet slang) Short for 私聊, to PM, to DM
语		1. Simplified form of 語

私 ⇨ 禾 + 厶

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
禾	hé	1. grain; cereal
		2. rice plant
		3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) I; me; my
		4. (Teochew, Leizhou Min) grain; cereal; crop
厶		1. private
		2. Variant of 私
		3. Variant of 某

语 ⇨ 讠 + 吾

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
讠		1. speech
讠		2. Simplified form of 訁
吾	wú	1. (literary or dialectal) I
		2. (literary or dialectal) my
		3. . Wu
		4. usage. Before the Three Kingdoms period, 吾 ("I") was mostly only used as a subject, a pronoun object of a negated sentence or an interrogative pronoun object (the latter two cases are where the pronoun objec
	yá	5. Only used in 允吾 (tr=yányá; qiānyá) A county established during the Western Han, disestablished during the Northern Wei, and briefly reestablished during the Sui dynasty
	yú	6. Only used in 吾吾

吾 ⇨ 五 + 口

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
五	wǔ	1. five
		2. . Wu (mainland China, Taiwan), Ng (Hong Kong)
		3. (printing) The size of type between 小五 (little 5) and 小四 (little 4), standardized as 10½ point.
	wǔ	4. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note la (6).
		5. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note la (6).
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，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口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名