Word and Radical Components of 象牙色
象牙色 ⇨ 象 + 牙 + 色
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 象 | xiàng | 1. elephant |
| 幼 象 - young elephant | ||
| 2. ivory; tusk | ||
| Synonyms: 象牙 | ||
| 象床 - ivory-decorated bed | ||
| 3. (Chinese chess) elephant (on the black side) | ||
| Synonyms: 相 | ||
| 4. (chess) bishop | ||
| 5. symbol; emblem | ||
| 象徵 - symbol | ||
| 6. appearance; shape; phenomenon | ||
| 天象 - celestial phenomenon | ||
| 現象 - phenomenon | ||
| 景象 - scene | ||
| 7. (TCM) complexion | ||
| 病象 - disease signs and symptoms | ||
| 8. image; picture; portrait | ||
| 9. sign; indication | ||
| 10. (obsolete) law; legislation | ||
| 11. (obsolete) principle | ||
| 12. (obsolete) calendar | ||
| 13. (literary) to imitate; to follow the example of | ||
| 象形 - pictogram | ||
| 象聲詞 - onomatopoeia | ||
| 14. (literary) to trace; to outline; to depict | ||
| 15. to resemble | ||
| 16. (historical) government official that translates southern languages | ||
| 17. (historical) Xiang, a commandery of Han China | ||
| 18. Variant of 像 | ||
| 19. usage. 象 was the official simplified form of 像 only until 1986. | 牙 | yá | 1. (anatomy) tooth |
| 拔牙 - to take out a tooth - | ||
| 我 牙 疼。 - I have a toothache. - | ||
| 2. (anatomy) ivory; tusk of elephant | ||
| 牙雕 - ivory sculpture - | ||
| 3. screw thread | ||
| 4. (literary, obsolete) to bite | ||
| 5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 衙 (government office; yamen) | ||
| 6. (obsolete) Alternative form of 芽 (to sprout) | ||
| 7. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) (Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness.) | ||
| 8. (historical) broker | 色 | sè, shǎi, shè | 1. color; tint; hue; shade |
| 顏色 - color | ||
| 顏色shǎi兒r - color | ||
| 紅色 - red | ||
| 四.色.定理 - four color theorem | ||
| 2. look; expression | ||
| 臉色 - facial expression | ||
| 3. scenery; circumstance | ||
| 景色 - scenery | ||
| 夜色 - night scenery | ||
| 4. kind; sort | ||
| 貨色 - goods; stuff; trash; rubbish; quality of goods; specification | ||
| 5. feminine charm; beauty | ||
| 姿色 - good looks (of women) | ||
| 6. lust; sexual desire | ||
| 好hào色 - to lust for women | ||
| 色情 - pornography; sexual desire | ||
| 7. (colloquial) perverted; being a pervert; lecherous | ||
| 8. theatrical role | ||
| 角jué色 - role; part | ||
| 9. metallic content | ||
| 成色 - purity (of a precious metal in an alloy) | ||
| 10. die (a cube with numbers or symbols on each side, used in games of chance) | ||
| 色shǎi子zi - die | ||
| 11. (Buddhism) (l-lite, pi, rūpa) (form; material element; form of existence; etc.) | ||
| 色 即 是 空，空 即 是 色。 - Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. | ||
| 12. (transgender slang) Short for 色普龍; cypro (cyproterone acetate) |
象 ⇨ ⺈ +
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| ⺈ | 1. | 1. |
色 ⇨ ⺈ + 巴
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| ⺈ | 1. | 巴 | bā | 1. (ancient Chinese mythology) a huge snake that could swallow an elephant |
| 2. to greatly desire; to anxiously hope; to long for | ||
| 3. (Used as a suffix for objects that are located below or behind.) | ||
| 尾巴ba - tail | ||
| 下巴ba - chin | ||
| 4. (Used as a suffix for objects that are clumped together due to dryness or stickiness.) | ||
| 泥巴ba - mud | ||
| 5. to cling to; to stick to | ||
| 6. (Jilu Mandarin, Sichuan, dialectal Wu) to be close to; to be next to | ||
| 7. (Beijing, Jilu Mandarin) to open; to spread | ||
| 8. (Sichuan) to suit; to fit | ||
| 9. (Sichuan) to follow | ||
| 10. (Sichuan) to be intimate | ||
| 11. (Sichuan) to involve; to implicate | ||
| 12. (Sichuan) to kiss up; to curry favour | ||
| 13. (Sichuan) to subsidize | ||
| 14. (Sichuan) to infect; to contract | ||
| 15. (dialectal Mandarin, including, Beijing, Shandong, Xinjiang) to sew; to stitch on | ||
| 16. (Southwestern Mandarin, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou Min Nan) dried object | ||
| 17. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese) | ||
| 打 佢 一 巴 - to give him a slap | ||
| 18. (Jiaoliao Mandarin, Sichuan) along | ||
| 19. (historical) (place, zh, ancient state, in modern-day, p/Sichuan, t1=Ba) | ||
| 20. eastern Sichuan and Chongqing | ||
| 21. Short for 巴士, bus | ||
| 小巴 - minibus - | ||
| 22. (physics) bar (unit of pressure) | ||
| 23. (Cantonese) bar (solid object) | ||
| 電巴 - busbar - | ||
| 24. Short for 巴勒斯坦, Palestine | ||
| 25. Short for 巴基斯坦, Pakistan | ||
| 26. Short for 巴拿馬, Panama | ||
| 27. Short for 巴哈馬, The Bahamas | ||
| 28. Short for 巴拉圭, Paraguay | ||
| 29. Variant of 芭 | ||
| 30. Variant of 笆 | ||
| 31. Variant of 粑 |
巴 ⇨ 巳 + 丨
| Component | Pinyin | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 巳 | sì | 1. sixth of twelve earthly branches (十二支) |
| 2. snake (蛇) of Chinese zodiac | ||
| 3. Variant of 已 | 丨 | gǔn | 1. line |
| 2. be through up and down |