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Word and Radical Components of 自行车

The Chinese word 自行车 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
自行车 1. Simplified form of 自行車

自行车 ⇨ 自 + 行 + 车
Component Pinyin Meanings
自 zì, zíeijing dialect 1. self, oneself; one's own
     自顧自 - each minding his own business; each for himself
2. certainly, of course
3. personally
4. since; from
     自 左 而 右 - from left to right
5. Only used in 潮州音樂——自己顧自己
行 xíng 1. (literary or dialectal) to walk
2. (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to go
     架 巴士 行 得 好 慢 - the bus goes slowly
3. (Cantonese) to navigate
     落車\落咗車 之 後 點 行 呀？ - What do I do after I get off?
4. (Cantonese, computing) to run
5. to go; to move
6. to carry out; to execute
7. to perform (a salute)
8. OK; good
     行，就 這麼 定 了。 (Xíng, jiù zhème dìng le.) - OK, it's a deal.
9. to be good; to work
     我 覺得 這 方法 行。 (Wǒ juéde zhè fāngfǎ xíng.) - I think this will work.
10. to be good (opposed to bad) (usually in negative sentences, or with (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 還))
     我 成績 不 行。 (Wǒ chéngjì bù xíng.) - I have bad grades.
11. to be able to do something (usually mentioned before)
     他 能 四 分鐘 跑 一 公里，我 不 行。 (Tā néng sì fēnzhōng pǎo yī gōnglǐ, wǒ bù xíng.) - He can run a kilometre within 4 minutes. I can't (do that).
12. (often, sarcastic) remarkable
     你 真 行。 (Nǐ zhēn xíng.) - You are really something.
     可還行 (kěháixíng) -
13. =====Usage notes=====
14. Notice that when meaning “be able to do something”, (lang-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 行) can only be used without a complement. This is different from m-lite, zh, 能, sc=Hani, tr=néng, t=to be able to (do somet
háng 15. profession; industry; trade; business
16. place for specific transaction
     銀行háng (yínháng) - bank lit. silver store
     珠寶行háng (zhūbǎoháng) - jewellery store
17. line of objects; row
     兩 行hong4 字 - two lines of text
18. (Mainland) row (in data tables)
     Synonyms: 列
19. (Taiwan) column (in data tables)
     Synonyms: 列
20. (Cantonese) Short for 行貨, tr=-
21. (Cantonese) coarse; of poor quality; too general
行 22. behaviour; conduct
héng, háng 23. skill from monk training
     道行héng (dàohéng) - monk training
hàng 24. order; rank
25. Used in 樹行子 (row of trees)
车 1. Variant of 車
2. Variant of 卓

行 ⇨ 彳 + 亍
Component Pinyin Meanings
彳 chì 1. to walk slowly
2. to step with the left foot
3. to suddenly stop when walking
亍 chù 1. to stop; to stand still
2. to step with the right foot
3. to take small steps
4. Variant of 街

车 ⇨ 一 + + 十
Component Pinyin Meanings
一 一 1. one
     一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
     一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
     一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
     一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
     一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
     一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
     給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 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，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) 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
     一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
     我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 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=====
yī 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=====
1.
十 shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect

亍 ⇨ 一 + 丁
Component Pinyin Meanings
一 一 1. one
     一 長 一 短 - yī cháng yī duǎn - one short and one long
     一 死 一 傷 - yī sǐ yī shāng - one dead, one injured
     一 高 一 低 - yī gāo yī dī - one high and one low
     一 天 一 夜 - yī tiān yī yè - one day and one night
     一 日 一 夜 - jat1 jat6 jat1 je6 - one day and one night, C
     一 左 一 右 - yī zuǒ yī yòu - one left, one right
2. each; every
     給 他 們 一 人 一 顆 蘋果。 (Gěi tā men yī rén yī kē píngguǒ.) - Give them an apple each.
3. single; alone
     獨自 一 人 - dúzì yī rén - a solitary person, one person
     專一 - zhuānyī - single-minded, monogamous
4. whole; entire; all: throughout
     他們 在 海灘 上 玩 了 一 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，一 名 促織。 (Xīshuài, yī míng cùzhī.) - Crickets, also called cùzhī lit. another name being cùzhī.
7. (formal) certain aforementioned
     「旋律」一 詞 中 的「旋」字 - “xuánlǜ” yī cí zhōng de “xuán” zì - the character (m-lite, zh, sc=Hani, 旋) 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
     一 到 OP 就 卡。 (Yī dào OP jiù kǎ.) - It slows down once I get to the opening.
     我 一 拍 了 照片，她 就 立即 成為 眾人 矚目 的 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=====
yī 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=====
丁 dīng 1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
2. fourth
     丁烷 - butane (fourth alkane)
3. robust; vigorous
4. male adult; man
     壯丁 - able-bodied man
5. person; may specifically refer to member of a family
     人丁 - person
6. small cube
     肉丁 - pork cubes
7. (literary) to encounter
8. (Hong Kong Cantonese) (Short for (lw, zh, 出前一丁, t=Demae Itcho), a type of instant noodles.)
     撈lou1丁 -
     丁 肇-中 - Samuel Chao Chung Ting (Chinese-American physicist)
zhēng 9. Only used in 丁丁
10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) penis
11. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to masturbate; to have sexual fantasy towards another individual
12. Variant of 叮
13. Variant of 盯
14. Variant of 釘
15. Variant of 靪