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Word and Radical Components of 歌曲

The Chinese word 歌曲 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
歌曲 gēqǔ 1. n. song
     熱門 歌曲qǔ - hit song

歌曲 ⇨ 歌 + 曲
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. to sing; to chant
     高歌 - to sing loudly -
2. song; tune
     歌曲qǔ - song -
     民歌 - folk song -
3. to praise
1. Simplified form of 麯

歌 ⇨ 哥 + 欠
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. older brother; elder brother
2. older male relative of the same generation
3. (honorific) (term of address for a male person of the same age or older)
4. Short for 哥斯達黎加, Costa Rica
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

哥 ⇨ 可 + 可
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
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