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Word and Radical Components of 糖

The Chinese word 糖 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
糖 táng 1. sugar
     白糖 - white sugar
     紅糖 - brown sugar
     糖tong4水 - tong sui, lit=sugar water
     無糖 薄荷糖 - sugar-free peppermint candy
     糖 放 多 了。 - Too much sugar is added.
2. sweets; candy; lollies; confectionery
     棒棒糖 - lollipop
     無糖 薄荷糖 - sugar-free peppermint candy
     糖 吃 多 了 不好。 - Eating too much candy is unhealthy.
     糖tong4-2 食 得 多 冇益。 - Eating too much candy is unhealthy.
3. (organic chemistry) saccharide; carbohydrate
     多糖 - polysaccharide
     葡萄糖 - glucose
4. (internet slang) loveable and likeable, cute
     撒糖
5. (transgender slang) HRT (hormone replacement therapy) drugs, especially pills
     吃糖 - to undergo HRT, lit=to eat candy
     昨天 糖 被 我 爸媽 發現 了。 - Yesterday my HRT drugs were spotted by my parents.

糖 ⇨ 米 + 唐
Component Pinyin Meanings
米 mǐ 1. hulled or husked uncooked rice
2. husked seed
3. grain-like things
4. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 米粉 gloss=rice vermicelli
     星洲.炒米 - Xīngzhōu chǎomǐ - Singapore-style noodles
     雪菜 火鴨 絲 炆 米 - syut3 coi3 fo2 aap3 si1 man1 mai5 - braised rice vermicelli with pickled mustard and shredded roast duck, C
5. (Cantonese, Shanghainese Wu, slang) money
     有 米 - jau5 mai5 - rich, C
     背米 - tr=2pe+3mi, to earn money, SH -
6. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) ten thousand of a currency designation; ten grand
mǐ 7. metre
     米 三 (bhi2 san1, MN-T) - 1.3 metres
     我 有 一 米 九 高。 (Wǒ yǒu yī mǐ jiǔ gāo.) - I'm 1.9 metres tall.
唐 táng 1. Used in 荒唐; to exaggerate; to boast
2. (literary) exaggerative; boastful
3. (obsolete) vast; wide; extensive
4. (obsolete) road inside temple
5. (literary) in vain; to no avail
6. 50th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "vastness, emptiness, pointlessness" (?)
7. Tang Dynasty (618–907)
     唐詩 - Tang poetry
8. Later Tang (923–937), the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
     Synonyms: 後唐
9. Southern Tang (937–976), a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
     Synonyms: 南唐
10. Tang, a legendary ancient Chinese dynasty established by Emperor Yao
     Synonyms: 陶唐
11. (figurative) China
     唐人 - Chinese person
12. (obsolete) (Alternative form 蓎) dodder
13. (place, zh, t=Down, county, cc/Northern Ireland, c/UK)
     唐 君-毅 - Tang Chun-i (20th-century Chinese philosopher)

唐 ⇨ 广 + 肀 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
广 1. dotted cliff
2. Simplified form of 廣
3. Variant of 庵
肀 1.
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