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Word and Radical Components of 茶巾

The Chinese word 茶巾 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
茶巾 chájīn 1. n. tea towel

茶巾 ⇨ 茶 + 巾
Component Pinyin Meanings
茶 chá 1. tea (plant, leaves)
     種zhòng 茶 (zhòng chá) - to grow tea
2. tea (beverage made by infusing tea leaves in hot water)
     綠茶 (lǜchá) - green tea
     沏茶 (qīchá) - to make tea
     一 杯 茶 (yī bēi chá) - a cup of tea
3. certain kinds of beverage or liquid food
     涼茶 (liángchá) - Chinese herb tea
     冬瓜茶 (dōngguāchá) - winter melon punch
     杏仁茶 (xìngrénchá) - almond tea
4. Chinese medicine
     午時茶 (wǔshíchá) - Afternoon Tea
5. yum cha
     早茶 (zǎochá) - morning yum cha
     去 茶樓 飲 餐 茶 - to go yumcha at a dim sum restaurant
6. (obsolete) a moment (the time it takes to drink a cup of tea)
7. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Xiang, Wu) boiled or boiling water
巾 jīn 1. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
2. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China

茶 ⇨ 艹 + + 朩
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
1.
朩 1. Variant of ?
2. Variant of 等

巾 ⇨ 冂 + 丨
Component Pinyin Meanings
冂 jiōng 1. down box
2. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs
丨 gǔn 1. line
2. be through up and down