Breed, Plant, Colonize

殖

Breed

Pronunciation:
zhi ( Putonghua, 2nd tone ),
jik ( Cantonese 6th tone )

meaning: breed, plant, colonize.

殖 (radical = rotten grease, bone remnats ) means grow / multiply.
生殖 ( sheng zhi ) Living things = give birth breed.
繁殖 ( fan zhi ) multiply breed.
生殖器 ( sheng zhi qi ) birth breed instrument, means the male penis.

器官移殖 ( qi guan yi zhi ) instrument organ transfer plant = organ transplant.
基因移殖 ( ji yin zhuan zhi ) Cloning is done through = basic factor change plant = genes transplant technology.

墾殖 ( ken zhi ) Settlers = cultivate plant on new land.
殖民 ( zhi min ) Colonizers ) plant people ): the Dutch in Taiwan ( 17th century ), the japanese in Taiwan (19th - 20th centuries ).
殖民地 ( zhi min di ) Colony is plant people land.
非殖民地 ( fei zhi min di hua ) Decolonization = un/de plant people ize issues are brought to the UN's Decolonization Committee.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄

Save, Economize, Province

省

Save

Pronuciation:

sheng ( Putonghua. 3rd tone ),
saang ( Cantoneses, 2nd tone ).

meaning: save, economize, province.

省 ( verb ) = 節省 ( jie sheng ) = squeeze~skip = economize.
省錢省力 ( sheng qian sheng li ) = save money save strength describes something low priced and simple to upkeep.

省 ( noun ) means a province in china,
e.g. 福建 ( Fujian ), 台灣 ( Taiwan ).
省會 ( sheng hui ) province metropolis ) a province's capital,
e.g. 廣東省 ( Guangdong Province's )
廣州 ( Guangzhou Canton ).
省長 (sheng Zhang ) province leader , provincial governor.

籍貫 ( ji guan ) A Chinese person's , nationality / province link = place of origin.
means his ancestors' native.

省 ( sheng ) province,
縣 (xian ) county,
市 (shi ) town, which he also identifies with.
外省人 (wai sheng ren ) outside province person, means someone from another province with cultural and linguistic roots unlike our own.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄

Ability, Power, Energy

能

Power

Pronunciation: neng ( Putonghua, 2nd tone ),
nang ( Cantonese 4th tone ).

meaning: ability, power, energy.

The noun 能 means power / energy:
太陽能 ( tai yang neng ) sun energy = solar energy.
熱能 ( ri neng ) heat energy.
原子能 ( yuan zi neng) yuan zi 原子 = atom is atomic energy.
能力 ( neng li ) ability strength means ability / power.

The verb means" can" / "permitted",
鳥能飛 (niao neng fei ) = birds can fly.
不能進去 ( bu neng jin qu ) no permitted enter = entrance forbidden.
能 幹 ( neng gan ) can do/work = describes somebody who is capable and competent.

交際能力 ( jiao ji neng li ) jiao ji = socialize is ability to mix with people.
性無能 ( xing wu neng ) xing 性 = sex, wu 無 = having none is sexual impotence.

By: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄

Oil, Petroleum

油 Oil

Pronunciation:
you ( Putonghua, 2nd tone ).
yau ( Catonese 4th tone ).

Meaning: oil, petroleum.

牛油 ( niu you ) cow + oil = butter.
豬油 ( zhu you ) pig + oil = lard.
棷欖油 ( gan lan you ) olive oil.

石油 ( shi you ) Petroleum stone + oil, Latin "petro" = stone.
天然氣 ( tian ran qi ) natural gas.
氣油 ( qi you ) Petrol/gas for cars gas + oil.
液化石油氣 ( yi hua shi you qi ) LPG = liquefied petroleum gas.
西氣東輸 ( xi qi dong shu ) west gas east send refers to China's West East Gas Pipeline.

歐佩克 ( ou pei ke ) transliteration of " OPEC" ( Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ).
油盟( you meng ) petroleum alliance.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄