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The Chinese word 脸 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
1. Simplified form of 臉

脸 ⇨ ⺼ + 佥
Component Pinyin Meanings
ròu, rù 1. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork
     牛肉 - beef
      從不 。 - I never eat meat.
      異常 鮮美。 - The flesh of this kind of fish has exceptional delicacy.
     不久鬣狗 便可 飽餐一頓 這些 動物 。 - Soon, the hyenas could then feast on the flesh of these dead animals.
2. (specifically) pork
     肉三鮮 餃子zi - three delicious ingredient pork dumpling
     蒜薹 - garlic chive and pork stir-fry
3. body
     (zh-co, 肉體, physical body)
4. flesh; pulp
      桃子zi 。 - The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.
5. (ACG) media; video
     (zh-co, 生肉, raws (not fansubbed videos or clips))
ròu 6. (archaic) edge; brim; an outer part of a ring-shaped object (such as coin or jade annulus)
7. (archaic, of sound and music) rich; substantial
8. (dialectal Mandarin) spongy; squashy; flabby
      西瓜 瓤兒r 。 - The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
9. (dialectal Mandarin) slow; sluggish
      做事 。 - This person does everything sluggishly.
10. meat; flesh
     豬肉 - pork, MN
     牛肉 - beef, MN
11. (specifically) pork
     肉骨 - pork ribs, MN
12. flesh; pulp
     龍眼乾 - flesh of dried longan, MN
13. main part of an object
     刀肉 - blade of a knife or sword, MN
1. Simplified form of 僉
2. Variant of 簽
3. Variant of 籤

佥 ⇨ 亼 + ⺍ + 一
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 集
1.
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=====

亼 ⇨ 人 + 一
Component Pinyin Meanings
rén 1. man; person; people
     人類 (rénlèi) - humans
      ? (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
     嗰個 jan4-2 邊個 ? - Who is that person?
     有人 敲門 。 (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
      (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
      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 ? (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 不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
      知道 什麼 。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
      到底 嚟㗎? - Exactly what kind of person is he?
7. manpower; worker; employee
     我們 公司 。 (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
     zhǎng 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) (ng, pluralizes a personal pronoun)
     ?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) (alt form-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 仁, t=kernel, tr=rén)
19. (obsolete) (alt form-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 仁, t=charity, tr=rén)
20. (obsolete) (alt form-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 仁, t=loving; kind, tr=rén)
21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
      磨蹭ceng zǎi 外頭tou 著着zhe 我們 ! (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 孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛 大學 出息xi ! (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
      別人ren shengr, zhèi 事兒r chulai 。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother
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=====