添 tiān to add
to add; to append; to increase; to replenish
怎么记住“添”: 氵 water + 天 day + ⺗ heart = to add. Grandma pours more water into the soup, tastes it for the third time that day and decides with all her heart to add one more pinch of salt.
部件结构
添 = 氵 water + 忝
- 氵 water
- 忝
- 天 day
- 一 one
- 大 big
- ⺗ heart
- 天 day
Grandma pours more water into the soup, tastes it for the third time that day and decides with all her heart to add one more pinch of salt.
用法
- To add/append - 添加 (tiānjiā) to add, 增添 (zēngtiān) to add/increase (增添色彩 add color/vibrancy).
- 添麻烦 (tiān máfan) = to cause (someone) trouble; 添 often adds something extra onto what's there.
- 添加剂 (tiānjiājì) = an additive (in food/products).
- 画蛇添足 (huàshé-tiānzú) 'draw legs on a snake' = to ruin by adding the superfluous; contrast 锦上添花 (jǐnshàng-tiānhuā) to add to something already good.