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Word and Radical Components of 螺丝

The Chinese word 螺丝 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
螺丝 1. Simplified form of 螺絲

螺丝 ⇨ 螺 + 丝
Component Pinyin Meanings
luó 1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸)
2. whorl; swirl; spiral
3. fingerprint whorls
4. (organic chemistry) spiro-
     螺內酯 - spironolactone
5. (transgender slang) Short for 螺內酯 (spironolactone;) spiro
6. (historical) wine cup made from a snail shell
7. (historical) ink; pigment (green-black in color, produced from the snail, and used by women for drawing eyebrows)
8. Short for 螺髻 (hair done up in a coil shape)
1. Simplified form of 絲

螺 ⇨ 虫 + 累
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. insect
2. Variant of 蟲
3. Variant of 虺
lěi 1. to pile up; to heap up; to mount up; to accumulate
     積累 - to accumulate
     累計 - to accumulate
2. repeated; numerous; unremitting; continuous; persistent
     經年累月 - for years and years
3. (obsolete) to repeat; to replicate; to overlap
4. (obsolete) to add (to); to increase; to grow
5. (obsolete) to amount (to); to sum up (to)
6. (obsolete) Alternative form of 絫 (ancient weight unit)
lèi, lěi 7. to involve; to implicate; to embroil; to entangle; to hinder
     連累lei - to implicate
     leoi6人累leoi6 - to bring burden on others
8. (obsolete) burden; tribulation; affliction; problem
9. (obsolete) to damage; to hurt; to do harm to; to stain; to sully
10. (obsolete) to entrust; to delegate; to devolve
11. to strain; to wear out; to cause to be tired
      lèi 著着zhe 眼睛 - Do not tire your eyes.
12.    to cause trouble to; to trouble (someone)
13.   真係 唔好意思,累leoi6 你 白 行 一 趟。 - I'm really sorry for making you come here for nothing.
14. (obsolete) suffering; misery; harm; disaster
15. (obsolete) fault; crime; slip; defect
16. to work hard; to toil; to overwork
      今天 lèi 。 - I've been working hard all day today.
17. tired; weary; fatigued; exhausted
      lèi。 - I'm tired.
      lèi 精疲力竭 。 - He'll wear himself out.
18. (obsolete) wife and children; one's family
19. (Changsha Xiang, polite) please; asking for help
      。 (lia6 nyi3 ban1 ha5 man2 lo, X, ref=1998, 鮑厚星) - Please help. et al. (editors), (lang, zh, 長沙方言詞典, page 66)
léi, lěi 20. (zh-used in, 累贅, cumbersome)
21. Variant of 纍
22. (zh-only, 謼遫累)
liè 23. (zh-only, 肥累)
lěi, luǒ 24. (cat, cmn, Beginning Mandarin)

累 ⇨ 田 + 糸
Component Pinyin Meanings
tián 1. farmland
     (zh-co, 玉米 , a corn field)
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     (zh-co, 油田, oil field)
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田 (Ovaltine)
     (syn, zh, 華田)
     (zh-co, , iced Ovaltine, C)
4. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (zh-alt-lb, 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
1. silk
2. Simplified form of 糹