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Word and Radical Components of 软管

The Chinese word 软管 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
软管 1. Simplified form of 軟管

软管 ⇨ 软 + 管
Component Pinyin Meanings
软 1. Simplified form of 軟
管 guǎn 1. (musical instrument) a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood
2. (musical instrument, by extension) any wind instrument
3. (by extension) slender tubular hollow object; pipe; tube; duct; canal; valve; fistula
     吸管 - straw
4. (literary) calligraphy brush; inkbrush
5. to administer; to manage; to control; to be in charge
     管理 - to manage
6. to subject someone to discipline; to discipline
7. to concern oneself with; to interfere with
8. to be responsible for the provision of; to provide; to supply
9. to assure; to guarantee; to ensure; to keep
10. despite; regardless of; irrespective of
11. (colloquial) (used in the pattern 管 is followed by the entity that is being called a name)
     臺灣人 管 花生 也 叫 土豆。 - Taiwanese people also call peanuts 土豆.
12. (dialectal, colloquial) (indicates the object of an action:) to
13. (Sichuan) to be worth
     管 寧 - Guan Ning

软 ⇨ 车 + 欠
Component Pinyin Meanings
车 1. cart
2. Variant of 車
3. Variant of 卓
欠 qiàn 1. to yawn
2. to lack; to be deficient
3. to owe
4. to ask for; to beg for
     欠揍 - asking for a beating
5. (Wuhan) to miss somebody

管 ⇨ ⺮ + 官
Component Pinyin Meanings
竹 zhú 1. bamboo
     竹子zi - bamboo
2. (musical instrument) musical instrument made of bamboo
     Zhu
官 guān 1. government official, public servant
     官員 - official
     做官 - to hold an official position
     外交官 - diplomat
2. governmental; official
     官辦 - government-run; operated by official bodies
     官方 - official; authoritative; approved
3. public; communal
     Synonyms: 公, 公共, 公用
     Antonyms: 私
4. organ (part of a body)
     Synonyms: 器官
     五官 - the five sense organs (ears, eyes, mouth, nose and tongue)

官 ⇨ 宀 + 㠯
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
㠯 1. Variant of 以