Word and Radical Components of 马桶

The Chinese word 马桶 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
马桶		1. Simplified form of 馬桶

马桶 ⇨ 马 + 桶

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
马		1. Simplified form of 馬
桶	tǒng	1. pail; bucket; tub
		2. cask; keg
		3. barrel (unit)
		4. (Philippines Hokkien) million
		一桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH

桶 ⇨ 木 + 甬

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
木	mù	1. tree; woody plant
		Synonyms: 樹
		樹木 - tree
		灌木 - shrub
		木芍藥 - tree peony
		2. wood; timber
		木頭tou - log
		3. wooden
		這張桌子是木的。 - 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
		她手指凍木了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
甬	yǒng, dòng	1. (obsolete) handle of a bell
		2. path screened by walls on both sides
		3. An ancient name for Ningbo, a city in Zhejiang province
		4. The Yong River in Ningbo

甬 ⇨ 龴 + 用

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
龴		1.
用	yòng	1. to use; to employ; to operate
		你會不會用電腦？ - Can you use a computer?
		我用海綿來吸水。 - I used a sponge to draw the water.
		2. use; utility; usefulness
		有用 - useful
		沒用 - useless
		3. (honorific) to eat; to drink
		是喝茶的時間啦，請用一杯茶吧！ - It is tea time. Please have a cup of tea!
		4. expenses; outlay
		費用 - cost, expense
		用度 - expense
		家用 - family expenses
		5. with; by; using
		用叉子zi 吃東西xi - to eat with a fork
		我用筷子吃飯。 - I eat food with chopsticks.
		我用濕抹布擦桌子。 - I wash the table with a wet cloth.
		我老闆用姓稱呼我。 - My boss calls me by my last name.
		6. (chiefly used in the negative or interrogative) to need
		不用急，慢慢mān 來。 - No need to hurry. Please take it easy.
		7. (literary) therefore
		8. (obsolete) because of; due to; because