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Word and Radical Components of 管弦乐队

The Chinese word 管弦乐队 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
管弦乐队 1. Simplified form of 管弦樂隊

管弦乐队 ⇨ 乐队 + 管 + 弦 + 乐 + 队
Component Pinyin Meanings
乐队 1. Simplified form of 樂隊
管 guǎn 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood
2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument
3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula
     吸管 - straw
4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush
5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge
     管理 - to manage
6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline
7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with
8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply
9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep
10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of
11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name)
     臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆.
12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to
13. (Sichuan) to be worth
     管 寧 - Guan Ning
弦 xián, xuán 1. string; bowstring
2. crescent
3. spring of a clock
4. (music) string on a musical instrument
5. (music) stringed instruments or music played by stringed instruments
6. (mathematics) chord
7. (geometry) hypotenuse
8. (figurative) wife
乐 1. Variant of 樂
队 1. Simplified form of 隊

乐队 ⇨ 乐 + 队
Component Pinyin Meanings
乐 1. Variant of 樂
队 1. Simplified form of 隊

管 ⇨ ⺮ + 官
Component Pinyin Meanings
竹 zhú 1. bamboo
     竹子zi - bamboo
2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo
     Zhu
官 guān 1. government official, public servant
     官員 - official
     做官 - to hold an official position
     外交官 - diplomat
2. governmental; official
     官辦 - government-run; operated by official bodies
     官方 - official; authoritative; approved
3. public; communal
     Synonyms: 公, 公共, 公用
     Antonyms: 私
4. organ (part of a body)
     Synonyms: 器官
     五官 - the five sense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue)

弦 ⇨ 弓 + 玄
Component Pinyin Meanings
弓 gōng 1. bow (weapon)
2. bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult)
3. curved; arched
4. to arch; to bend
5. (Jiexi Hakka) rainbow
6. (obsolete) (synonym of zh, 步) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
     Gong
玄 xuán 1. deep; profound; mysterious
2. black; reddish black
3. sky

队 ⇨ 阝 + 人
Component Pinyin Meanings
阜 fù 1. (literary) mound
2. (literary) abundant; rich
人 rén 1. man; person; people
     人類 (rénlèi) - humans
     那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
     嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person?
     有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
     主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
     北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
     香港人 - Hongkonger
3. body
     人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
     這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
     今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
4. everybody; everyone
     人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
     人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
5. other people; others
     人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
     害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
     就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
     我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
     佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
7. manpower; worker; employee
     我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
8. talent; person of talent
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
10. adult; grown-up
     長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
     ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
     人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
     人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
15. artificial; man-made
     人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
     別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
     哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
     人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother

队 ⇨ 阝 + 人
Component Pinyin Meanings
阜 fù 1. (literary) mound
2. (literary) abundant; rich
人 rén 1. man; person; people
     人類 (rénlèi) - humans
     那 人 是 誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
     嗰個 人jan4-2 係 邊個 嚟 㗎？ - Who is that person?
     有人 敲門 了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
     主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
     北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
     香港人 - Hongkonger
3. body
     人 在 心 不 在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
     這 兩 天 人 不大 舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
     今天 上午 你 人 在 哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
4. everybody; everyone
     人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
     人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
5. other people; others
     人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
     害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
     就我所知，他 人 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
     我 不 知道 他 是 什麼 人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
     佢 到底 係 咩 人 嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
7. manpower; worker; employee
     我們 公司 正 缺 人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
8. talent; person of talent
9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
10. adult; grown-up
     長zhǎng大 成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
     ?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
     人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
     人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
15. artificial; man-made
     人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
     別 磨蹭ceng 啦，人 在zǎi 外頭tou 等 著着zhe 我們 呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
     哎呀，人 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 啦，多 出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
     人 別人ren 都 不 吱zī聲sheng兒r，就 他 把 這zhèi 事兒r 給 說 出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother

官 ⇨ 宀 + 㠯
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
㠯 1. Variant of 以