Word and Radical Components of 菜花
菜花 ⇨ 菜 + 花
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 菜 | cài | 1. vegetable; greens |
| 蔬菜 - vegetables - | ||
| 白菜 - Chinese cabbage - | ||
| 菠菜 - spinach - | ||
| 2. (specifically, in compounds) rape; rapeseed (plant used for vegetable oil) | ||
| 3. 菜籽 - rapeseed - | ||
| 4. 菜油 - rapeseed oil - | ||
| 5. dish; course | ||
| 這 道 菜 很 對胃口。 - This dish is tasty. | ||
| 每 次 他 來 這兒r，他 都 點 同樣 的 菜。 - Whenever he comes to this place, he orders the same dish. | ||
| 我 在 考慮 我 晚飯 做 什麼 菜。 - I'm wondering what to cook for dinner. | ||
| 6. cuisine; (type of) food | ||
| 川菜 - Sichuan cuisine - | ||
| 日本 菜 - Japanese food - | ||
| 7. grocery | ||
| 買菜 - to buy groceries - | ||
| 菜市場 - farmers' market - | ||
| 8. (colloquial) (one's) type; cup of tea | ||
| 他 是 我 的 菜！ - He is my type! | ||
| 9. (colloquial) bad; inferior; disappointing; below average | ||
| 菜鳥 - noob - | ||
| 我 好 菜 啊。 - I'm so inferior to others. | ||
| 菜 英文 - poor English (pun on the name of Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen) | ||
| 10. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) girlfriend | ||
| Cai; Tsai | 花 | huā | 1. flower; blossom |
| 花朵 - flower | ||
| 2. florid; flowery | ||
| 花花hua綠綠 | ||
| 3. pattern; design | ||
| 花纹 - 花纹 | ||
| 4. blurred | ||
| 眼花 - to have blurred vision | ||
| 5. fireworks | ||
| 煙花 - fireworks | ||
| 6. essence; cream | ||
| 7. wound | ||
| 8. Short for 天花, gloss=smallpox | ||
| 種zhòng花 - to vaccinate against smallpox | ||
| 9. courtesan; prostitute | ||
| 10. to spend (money, time, etc.); to cost | ||
| 這 件 衣服 花 了 不到 一百 塊 - This clothing cost less than 100 yuan. | ||
| 11. profligate | ||
| 12. (slang) randy; lecherous | ||
| 13. (slang) to be horny; to womanize | ||
| 儂 又 要 去 花 儂 個 女朋友 了 是 ?？ - tr=3non&3hhieu+2iau+2qi+1ho+3non&5hheq+3nyy baan hhieu&0leq&3zr va, You're going to seduce your girlfriend again aren't you?, SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page 52 | ||
| 14. false | ||
| 15. (Cantonese) scratched | ||
| 佢 著着 咗 呢ni1 對 鞋 兩 個 月 就 已經 花 嗮 喇。 - He's worn the shoes for only two months and they're already all scratched up. | ||
| 16. (Cantonese, of images, drawings, patterns, etc.) over-colorful; chaotic; messy | ||
| 17. (Cantonese, card games) flush | ||
| 18. (Hong Kong) pip (insignia) | ||
| 19. (Xiamen, &, Zhangzhou Hokkien) to extinguish; to put out (of fire) | ||
| 20. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to disappear (of a scar) | ||
| 21. (Shanghainese Wu) cotton | ||
| 22. (Shanghainese Wu) to tease | ||
| 儂 覅 來 花 我 了，我 根本 覅 儂 搿 本 書。 - tr=3non&3viau&3le&1ho+3ngu&0leq&3ngu&1ken pen&3viau&3non&5geq pen&1sr, Stop teasing me, I didn't even want your book in the first place., SH, ref=2007, 上海话大词典, page | ||
| 23. . Hua |
菜 ⇨ 艹 + 采
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 艸 | 1. grass | |
| 2. Variant of 草 | 采 | cài | 1. Simplified form of 採 |
| 2. Variant of 彩 |
花 ⇨ 艹 + 化
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 艸 | 1. grass | |
| 2. Variant of 草 | 化 | huà | 1. to change; to transform |
| 2. to become; to turn into | ||
| 3. to melt | ||
| 把 雪 化-掉 - make snow melt | ||
| 4. to dissolve | ||
| 5. (Suffix denoting "change into ...". Akin to English (m, en, -ize) and m, en, -ization). | ||
| 民主化 - democratize | ||
| 6. (chemistry) (Affix denoting combination.) | ||
| 氧化鈣 - calcium oxide | ||
| 氫氧化鈉 - sodium hydroxide | ||
| 7. Short for 教化, enlightenment; cultivation | ||
| 8. (in compounds) Short for 化學, chemistry | ||
| 日化 - household chemicals | ||
| 化工 - chemical industry | ||
| 9. Variant of 花 | ||
| 10. Variant of 貨 |
采 ⇨ 爫 + 木
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 爪 | zhuǎ, zhǎo | 1. claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail |
| 2. (Hakka) to grab with claws | ||
| 3. claw-like object; foot (of an item) | ||
| 4. (derogatory or humorous) hand (of a person) | ||
| 5. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) nail (of a person) | ||
| 6. =====Usage notes===== | ||
| 7. (Min Nan) to claw; to scratch (with one's claw or nail) | ||
| 8. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) | 木 | mù | 1. tree; woody plant |
| Synonyms: 樹 | ||
| 樹木 - tree | ||
| 灌木 - shrub | ||
| 木芍藥 - tree peony | ||
| 2. wood; timber | ||
| 木頭tou - log | ||
| 3. wooden | ||
| 這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood | ||
| 4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden | ||
| 木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate | ||
| 棺木 - coffin | ||
| 就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin) | ||
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒) | ||
| 有木有 - innit, damn right | ||
| 6. numb | ||
| 麻木 - numb, insensitive | ||
| 她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold. |
化 ⇨ 亻 + 匕
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 亻 | rén | 1. Side form of the person (人) radical. |
| 2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁. | 匕 | bǐ | 1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China |
| 2. (literary) dagger | ||
| 3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother) | ||
| 4. Variant of 牝 |