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Word and Radical Components of 葡萄酒

The Chinese word 葡萄酒 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
葡萄酒 pútáojiǔ, t 1. n. wine

葡萄酒 ⇨ 葡萄 + 葡 + 萄 + 酒
Component Pinyin Meanings
葡萄 pútáo, er=y 1. n. grape
2. v. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) to be jealous; to envy (from (m, zh, 吃不到的葡萄是酸的, t=the grapes are sour anyway, tr=-))
葡 pú 1. Used in 葡萄 (grape) (and related terms.)
2. Short for 葡萄牙, Portugal
3.    (chiefly Cantonese by extension in compounds) Macau
4.    葡幣 - Macanese pataca -
5.    葡汁 - Portuguese sauce (a kind of sauce in Macanese cuisine) -
萄 táo, tao 1. a kind of grass
2. Used in 葡萄
酒 jiǔ 1. alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink
     你 幹嗎má 不 喝 點 酒？ (Nǐ gànmá bù hē diǎn jiǔ?) - How come you don't wanna have a sip of alcohol?

葡萄 ⇨ 葡 + 萄
Component Pinyin Meanings
葡 pú 1. Used in 葡萄 (grape) (and related terms.)
2. Short for 葡萄牙, Portugal
3.    (chiefly Cantonese by extension in compounds) Macau
4.    葡幣 - Macanese pataca -
5.    葡汁 - Portuguese sauce (a kind of sauce in Macanese cuisine) -
萄 táo, tao 1. a kind of grass
2. Used in 葡萄

葡 ⇨ 艹 + 匍
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
匍 pú 1. Only used in 匍匐
2. Variant of 撫

萄 ⇨ 艹 + 匋
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
匋 1.

酒 ⇨ 氵 + 酉
Component Pinyin Meanings
水 shuǐ 1. water
     請 給 我 一 杯 水，謝謝。 (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi shuǐ, xièxiè.) - A glass of water, please.
     喝水 - hēshuǐ - to drink water
     冰水 - bīngshuǐ - iced water
     冷水 - lěngshuǐ - cold water
     凍水 - dung3 seoi2 - cold water, C
     熱水 - rèshuǐ - hot water
     開水 - kāishuǐ - boiled water
     滾水 - gwan2 seoi2 - boiled water, C
     水族館 - shuǐzúguǎn - aquarium
     水彩 - shuǐcǎi - watercolour
     水溫 - shuǐwēn - water temperature
     雨水 - yǔshuǐ - rainwater
     海水 - hǎishuǐ - seawater
     飲用水 - yǐnyòngshuǐ - drinking water
     礦泉水 - kuàngquánshuǐ - mineral water
     蒸餾水 - zhēngliúshuǐ - distilled water
     水閘 - shuǐzhá - sluice
     水力發電 - shuǐlìfādiàn - hydroelectricity
     碳水化合物 - tànshuǐhuàhéwù - carbohydrate
     脫水 - tuōshuǐ - to dehydrate; dehydration
     水中毒 - shuǐzhōngdú - water intoxication; water poisoning
     雙氧水 - shuāngyǎngshuǐ, lit=water with two oxygen (atoms) - hydrogen peroxide
2. liquid; potion; juice
     口水 - kǒushuǐ - saliva
     汗水 - hànshuǐ - sweat
     羊水 - yángshuǐ - amniotic fluid
     香水 - xiāngshuǐ - perfume
     眼藥水 - yǎnyàoshuǐ - eyedrop
3. (colloquial, mainly, Singapore, Malaysia) Synonym of 飲料 (beverage)
     要 叫 什麼 水？ (Yào jiào shénme shuǐ?) - What beverage do you want to order?
     欲 叫 什sím物 水？ (Beh kiò sím-mi̍h chúi?) - What beverage do you want to order?, MN
4. (archaic) river
     漢水 - Hànshuǐ - the Han River
5. body of water
     水路 - shuǐlù - waterway
     三 面 環 水 (sān miàn huán shuǐ) - to be surrounded by (bodies of) water on three sides
6. flood
     發水 - fāshuǐ - to flood
7. additional cost or income
8. (dialectal) rain
9. (Cantonese) money
     磅水 - bong6 seoi2 - to pay, C
     掠loek6-1水 - loek6-1 seoi2 - to obtain money dishonestly, C
10. (Cantonese) hundred dollars
     三 嚿 水 - saam1 gau6 seoi2 - three hundred dollars, C
11. (Cantonese) source of revenue
12. (Cantonese) to fool; to deceive; to misguide
13. to swim
     水性 - shuǐxìng - swimming ability
14. (colloquial) lacking substance or power; worthless
     這裡 的 大學 太 水 了。 (Zhèlǐ de dàxué tài shuǐ le.) - The universities here are too weak.
15. Short for 划水, gloss=to shirk; to slack off
16. one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行)
17. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of times clothing was washed.
18. Sui people
     水書 - shuǐshū - Shuishu (the traditional writing system of the Sui people)
19. Variant of 媠
酉 yǒu 1. wine
2. an alcoholic drink vessel
3. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
4. rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
5. the period from 17:00 to 19:00
6. (mathematics) unitary
7. usage. Although it remains associated with alcoholic drink, the character alone is mostly used as the tenth earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.

葡 ⇨ 艹 + 匍
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
匍 pú 1. Only used in 匍匐
2. Variant of 撫

萄 ⇨ 艹 + 匋
Component Pinyin Meanings
艸 1. grass
2. Variant of 草
匋 1.

匍 ⇨ 勹 + 甫
Component Pinyin Meanings
勹 1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
甫 fǔ 1. (literary, honorific) (A term of address for a man, usually as a suffix placed after a man's courtesy name.)
2. (honorific) courtesy name of a man
     臺甫 - your courtesy name (honorific)
fǔ 3. (literary) just; just now
fǔ 4. Used in place names
5. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 鋪 (-, t=ten Chinese miles)
6. (Teochew) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with

匋 ⇨ 勹 + 缶
Component Pinyin Meanings
勹 1. wrap
2. Variant of 包
缶 fǒu 1. earthen pot or jar for storing an alcoholic drink
2. musical instrument for ritual music