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Word and Radical Components of 胡萝卜

The Chinese word 胡萝卜 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
胡萝卜 1. Simplified form of 胡蘿蔔

胡萝卜 ⇨ 胡 + 萝 + 卜
Component Pinyin Meanings
胡 hú 1. (obsolete) wattle; dewlap (fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of animals)
2. (obsolete) wattle-like object, such as pendent parts on implements
3. (literary) how; why; what
4. (historical) barbarian; a generic term for any non-Han peoples who lived to the north and west of China's borders
     胡人 - foreigner
5. (historical) countries and peoples in the Western Regions, including Persia, Daqin, and in Pre-Tang texts, India
6. (by extension) introduced from the northern or western non-Han peoples or from abroad; non-Chinese; foreign; imported
     胡桃 - walnut
     胡蘿蔔 - carrot
7. Short for 胡琴, huqin; general term for two-stringed bowed instruments with origins in the western non-Han peoples
     二胡 - erhu
     板胡 - banhu
8. (historical) State of Hu in the Spring and Autumn Period in modern-day Anhui, conquered by the State of Chu in 496 BCE
9. (obsolete) black; dark-skinned
10. (obsolete) far; great; senior
11. outrageously; recklessly; wildly; foolishly
     胡說 - to talk nonsense
     胡搞 - to mess around
     胡 錦-濤 - Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012
12. Simplified form of 鬍
13. Simplified form of 衚
14. Variant of 葫
15. Variant of 猢
16. Variant of 蝴
17. Variant of 糊
萝 1. Simplified form of 蘿
卜 bǔ 1. to divine
2. (literary) to foretell; to predict
     生死未卜 - no one knows whether the person is dead of alive
3. (literary) to choose
     卜居 - to choose a place to live
4. Simplified form of 蔔
5. Variant of 欲

胡 ⇨ 古 + 月
Component Pinyin Meanings
古 gǔ 1. the past; ancient times
     古今 - ancient and modern times
2. old; ancient
3. classic; old-styled
4. simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
5. things in the past; antiquities; history
6. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) story
     講古 - to tell a story
7. Short for 古體詩 (ancient-style poem)
     古 天 樂 - Louis Koo Tin-lok (Hong Kong actor)
月 yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     Synonyms: 月份, wuu:號頭
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明

萝 ⇨ 艹 + 罗
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
罗 1. Variant of 羅
2. Variant of 囉
3. usage. Replaced in 1986 with 啰.

卜 ⇨ 丨 + 丶
Component Pinyin Meanings
丨 gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down
丶 zhǔ 1. dot
2. (An ancient punctuation mark.)
3. Alternative form of 主 (-)

古 ⇨ 十 + 口
Component Pinyin Meanings
十 shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect
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

罗 ⇨ 罒
Component Pinyin Meanings
网 1. net
2. Simplified form of 網