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Word and Radical Components of 长椅

The Chinese word 长椅 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
长椅 1. Simplified form of 長椅

长椅 ⇨ 长 + 椅
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 長
1. chair
2. , a kind of tree
     Synonyms: 山桐子

椅 ⇨ 木 + 奇
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms:
     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.
1. strange; odd; weird; unusual
     奇怪 - strange
     奇特 - peculiar
2. wonderful; fantastic; remarkable
     , miracle
     奇妙 - fantastic
3. (mathematics) odd
     奇數 - tr=jīshù, odd number
4. (Min Dong, Min Nan)
      (siŏh-kiă dê̤ṳ) - a single chopstick, MD

奇 ⇨ 大 + 可
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. of great size; big; large; huge
     Antonyms:
      ! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big!
     ni1 。 - This pair of pants is very big.
2. big; great
      關係 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly.
     大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain
3. great of its kind
     昨天 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday.
      ? - a very strong smell
4. in an extreme manner; greatly
      (dà kū) - to cry violently
     大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked
      相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different
      遇到 情況 可以 走人 na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave.
      知道 昨兒r 過來lai zhēteng 好家伙huo,chà點兒r. 這兒r ! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest
5. main; major
     Antonyms:
     他們 一直 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate.
      一家 石油 公司 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company.
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
      書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher
7. mature; grown up
     Antonyms:
      ? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you?
      。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him.
      daai6-2 。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older.
8. (Cantonese) to grow up
      廣州 - to grow up in Guangzhou
9. (Cantonese) to be older than
     Antonyms:
      。 - I am older than them by two years.
10. (dialectal) father
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten
      aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me?
      mai5 。 - Don't you threaten me.
13. (Cantonese) only so big
     咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two
      。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two.
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name.
     北大 (Běidà) - Peking University
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?)
dài, dà 17. Used in 大夫 (doctor)
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader)
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb)
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei)
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to)
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty)
23. (Cantonese) small
      daai6-1 - so puny
24. Variant of 太
25. Variant of 泰
1. can; may; be able to
     可溶 - soluble
      - can be serious or minor
      袋子zi 五十 公斤。 - This bag can hold 50 kilos.
      沒有 。 - He had no place to live.
2. to approve; to permit
     許可 - to permit, to allow
     認可 - to approve
3. to fit; suit
     可心 - satisfying
     可口 - tasty
4. to be worth doing
     可愛 - cute; adorable, lit=worth loving
     可歌可泣 - epic; moving, lit=worth praising and crying over
     四川 地方fang 。 - There are too many places in Sichuan worth visiting.
5. but; however
     Synonyms: 可是
6. (Particle used for emphasis.)
7.    (archaic) (Used in questions for emphasis.)
8.   您 一向 可 好? - How have you been lately?
9.    (Used in rhetorical questions for emphasis.)
10.    (Used in declarative sentences for emphasis.)
11.   我 喜歡huan 的 運動 可 多 了。 - There are many sports that I like.
12.   我 可 不 太 知道。 - I don't really know.
13.    (Used in exclamatory sentences for emphasis.)
14.   這 可 不行 啊! - But this won't do!
15.    (Used in imperative sentences for emphasis.)
16. (literary) about; around
17. (literary) to recover completely (from an illness)
18. =====Usage notes=====
19. When Mandarin speakers wish to imitate the sound of the dialectal pronunciation of 可 in written form, the character 可.
     闊以 - (imitates the sound of 可以 in dialectal Chinese)
     闊落 - (imitates the sound of 可樂 in dialectal Chinese)
20. Only used in 可汗
21. Variant of 嗬