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Word and Radical Components of 西红柿

The Chinese word 西红柿 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
西红柿 1. Simplified form of 西紅柿

西红柿 ⇨ 西 + 红 + 柿
Component Pinyin Meanings
西 1. west; western
2. (Cantonese, euphemistic) (syn of zh, 閪, tr=hai1)
3. spin (noun)
     zh-co, 腳趾尾mei5-1 laai1西, to do a sidespin with one's little toe, C
4. to spin; to cause to spin
5. carrying spin
6. to deviate from a path due to some force
      zyun3 嗰陣zan6-2 西。 - There was strong centrifugal force when the vehicle turned.
7. to hit (rfclarify)
     (zh-co, 一嘢 西 , , C)
1. Simplified form of 紅
shì 1. persimmon

红 ⇨ 纟 + 工
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. silk
2. Simplified form of 糹
gōng 1. labour; work
     工作 - work
     罷工 - to strike
     偷工減料 - to do shoddy work and use inferior materials
2. (regional or dialectal, including, Southeast Asia) work; job; profession
      什麼 ? - What is your job?
      失業\ 失業\ ! - It's been a while since you lost your job; you need to find a new job soon!
3. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan) working day; daytime; a day (24 hours)
4. worker; labourer
     女工 - female worker
     礦工 - miner
     陶瓷工 - potter
     工農 - workers and peasants
5. man-day
6. construction
     工地 - construction site
     竣工 - to finish construction
7. industry
     化工 - chemical industry
8. engineer
9. skill; technique
10. to be good at; to be skilled in
11. delicate; exquisite; fine
     工巧 - delicate; exquisite
gōng 12. (music) (ng, Kunqu gongche notation for the note mi (3).)
13. (music) (ng, Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note mi (3).)

柿 ⇨ 木 + 市
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. tree; woody plant
     (syn, zh, )
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - 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
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
shì 1. city; town
2. market; fair
3. to trade; to do business
4. to buy
5. to sell
6. (Quanzhou, &, Xiamen Hokkien) business situation (buy and sell of goods)

市 ⇨ 亠 + 巾
Component Pinyin Meanings
tóu 1. lid
2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
jīn 1. turban
2. a square item of cloth; towel; kerchief
3. (historical) piece of clothing worn on the head in China