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The Chinese word 鞋 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
xié 1. shoe; footwear
      - a pair of shoes
     穿 我們 出去 晚飯。 - Put on your shoes. Let's go out for dinner.
      這裡 必須 ? - Do I have to take off my shoes here?
2. Simplified form of 嚡

鞋 ⇨ 革 + 圭
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. leather; animal hide
2. (historical) leather armour and weaponry
3. (historical) ornament on the front of the cart
4. to change; to alter; to reform
5. to remove; to expel
     革職 - to dismiss; to remove from office
     革扯 - to fire; to dismiss; to remove from office
6. 49th hexagram of the I Ching
guī 1. jade pointed at top
2. (historical) jade tablet used by officials when addressing the emperor in court
3. (historical) gui (type of ancient Chinese sundial)

圭 ⇨ 土 + 土
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 。 - The soil here is quite fertile.
2. (dialectal) dust
3. land
     國土 - territory
     寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory
4. crude opium
     煙土 - crude opium
5. hometown; native place
     故土 - native land; native place
6. local; native; indigenous
     土著 - aboriginal
     土話 - local dialect
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
      覺得 東北話 實在 。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic.
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
     土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method
      - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. (zh-div, 族) the Monguor people; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其 (Turkey)
      戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士
1. earth; soil
     土堆 - mound; hillock
     這兒r 。 - The soil here is quite fertile.
2. (dialectal) dust
3. land
     國土 - territory
     寸土不讓 - to not give up a single inch of one's territory
4. crude opium
     煙土 - crude opium
5. hometown; native place
     故土 - native land; native place
6. local; native; indigenous
     土著 - aboriginal
     土話 - local dialect
7. rustic; unsophisticated; uncouth; vulgar; tasteless; uncultured
      覺得 東北話 實在 。 - I think that Northeastern Mandarin is too rustic.
8. indigenous; traditional and used by the common people
     土法 - traditional method used by the common people; indigenous method
      - gun manufactured using indigenous methods
9. (zh-div, 族) the Monguor people; Monguor people; White Mongol
10. Short for 土耳其 (Turkey)
      戰爭 - Russo-Turkish War
11. Only used in 土門 (tr=Túmén)
12. Simplified form of 士