by Philip Yungkin Lee ’ yy me aLanguage 250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use: Volume | introduces the basic vocabulary and writing skis needed when learning Chinese. The second volume (ISBN 0-8048-3360-5) covers a further 250 essential characters. There are also two sets of flashcards, Chinese in a Flash: Volume | (ISBN 0-8048-3361-3) and Chinese in a Flash: Volume 2 (|SBN 0-8048-3362-1), which aid memorization and allow selt-testing of character recognition. This book not only provides ample space for writing practice, but also gives the meaning of each character, its derivation, and its components—including the radical—and provides a range of compounds and sample sentences specifically designed to increase the user's active vocabulary. In addition to the reference and practice material, there are 25 quizzes based on each set of 10 characters leamed, and 5 more substantial review sections based on every 50 characters learned. An answer key to all ofthis material, including the five challenging Word Puzzles, is given at the back of the book. There are also alphabetical and radical indexes for quick reference to all the characters and compounds covered. Philip Lee is an applied linguist with 30 years of practical experience in teaching Mandarin Chinese to foreign leamers. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Modern Language ‘Studies of the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. Disrbuted by Tate Pub TUTTLE PUBLISHING |SN-1a: s75.-904s.s350.9 Tokyo * Rutland, Vermont ° Singapore ee aia, a 24.95, Reuecece SM] wi ishingPublished by Tattle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd, with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 and 130 Joo Seng Road #06-01, Singapore 368357 Copyright © 2003 by Philip Yungkin Lee All rights reserved. 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Rawa Gelam IV No. 9, Jakarta 14240, Indonesia Tel: (62-21) 4682 1088; Fax: (62-21) 461 0207 Email: cs@javabooks.co.id 10 0908 07 06 1098765 Printed in Singapore TUTTLE PUBLISHING® isa registered trademark of Tate Publishing, a vision of Periph Faltons (HK) LdIntroduction v Students’ Guide vii Characters 1-10 Quiz 1 Characters 11-20 Quiz 2 Characters 21-30 Quiz 3 Characters 31-40 Quiz 4 Characters 41-50 Quiz 5 Character Building 1 Review 1 Word/Sentence Puzzle 1 Characters 51-60 Quiz 6 Characters 61-70 Quiz7 Characters 71-80 Quiz 8 Characters 81-90 Quiz 9 Characters 91-100 Quiz 10 Character Building 2 Contents 1410 u 12-21 22 23-32 33 34-43 45-54 55 56 58 59 60-69 70 71-80 81 82-91 92 93-102 103 104-13 14 15 Review 2 Word/Sentence Puzzle 2 Characters 101-110 Quiz 1 Characters 111-120 Quiz 12 Characters 121-130 Quiz 13, Characters 131-140 Quiz 14 Characters 141-150 Quiz 15 Character Building 3 Review 3 Word/Sentence Puzzle 3 Characters 151-160 Quiz 16 Characters 161-170 Quiz 17 Characters 171-180 Quiz 18 Characters 181-190 Quiz 19 Characters 191-200 Quiz 20 Character Building 4 Review 4 7 118 120-29 130 131-40 141 142-51 152 153-62 163 164-73 174 175 a7 178 180-89 190 191-200 201 202-11 212 213-22 223 224-33, 234 235 237Word/Sentence Puzzle 4 Characters 201-210 Quiz 21 Characters 211-220 Quiz 22 Characters 221-230 Quiz 23 Characters 231-240 Quiz 24 Characters 241-250 Quiz 25 Character Building 5 Review 5 Word/Sentence Puzzle 5 Alphabetical Index 300 Radical Index 316 Key 320Introduction One of the questions most frequently asked by beginning learners of Chinese is how many characters are needed to gain a basic knowledge of the written language. There is no simple answer to this question, Excluding specific characters which are often found in shop signs, street names, restaurant menus etc., the number of characters a beginning learner needs to know ranges from 250 to 500. The lower figure is needed for the construction of simple sentences and the higher figure to construct more complex sentences and utilize them to express oneself meaningfully in everyday contexts, The first volume of 250 Essential Chinese Characters for Everyday Use introduces the basic skills involved in writing Chinese characters. Each unit presents ten new characters which are shown in simplified form (jiantizi) along with Pinyin romanization and their English meaning, Just over a third of the selection also have traditional forms (fantizi) which are listed side by side after the respective simplified forms. Short notes relating to the origin of the character, how the simplified form is constructed, and in some cases a guide to pronunciation all aim to de-mystify each character and make the task of learning them less arduous. As well as the basic meaning of each character, several examples are given of its use in combination with other characters to form compounds, and each of these compounds is contextualized in an example sentence to illustrate its use. In these example sentences the characters are lined up with their Pinyin romanization to allow you to identify the words and pronounce them if you wish. Please note that the English translation is given as a general guide to meaning only. The book is arranged in 25 units of 10 characters, each of which is followed by a quiz in both characters and Pinyin romanization so that you can monitor you own progress. At the end of each group of 5 units or 50 characters, there is a Character Building section in which characters are grouped together based on their meaningful parts known as the radicals, showing how character components are recycled to form other characters; a Review of characters and compounds arranged according to parts of speech to help you build up your skills in sentence formation; and a Word/Sentence Puzzle utilizing all the characters so far introduced which challenges you to pick out characters in meaningful combinations. Don't hesitate to use the Key whose purpose is to guide you in your efforts to solve the puzzle. If you need a quick reference on the whereabouts in this book of a particular character and its example compounds and sentences, consult either the Alphabetical Index or the Radical Index, which is based on the number of strokes of the radicals. Your job as a self-paced learner is to focus intently on the character at hand as you write it. Each character should be written stroke by stroke, following the correct stroke order. Note the stroke order and the number of strokes as you practice writing each character in the boxes provided. There is a short note to remind what you should bear in mind as you write each character. Unlike the letters of the roman alphabet, Chinese characters are all squarish in shape, with their components conforming to a rule of symmetry and balance. They should not be written toowi Introduction rectangular or even roundish because that will destroy their visual integrity. In other words, you annot practice writing the characters in just any shapes and sizes that you like, as you will need the visual images of your own handwriting to assist in recalling them. For this reason, this book provides you with a clear model for each character and a proper grid of squares in which to copy it over and over again until the habit is formed. Afier you have practiced writing each character in its square grid, you will have leamed to reproduce it yourself, corresponding very closely to the model character provided. To do this, you cannot rush each character since you must refer to the model character each time and follow the correct stroke order as you write it. When you do that, you will find that you get twice the result with half the effort.Students’ Guide Chinese Characters ‘One of the great fascinations of learning Chinese lies in the Chinese writing system. Each character looks like a square-shaped box written in various strokes. Leamers who are used to the alphabetical ‘writing system find characters difficult to recognize, time consuming to write and near impossible to remember. In this book we teach 250 characters with a view to demonstrate how the large number of components you are learning both as visual and phonetical elements can be recycled and used in different combinations to form new characters. Through remembering the pronunication or meaning of these components, you will gain a basic knowledge on the compositions of Chinese characters — the radicals, the phonetic components and their configurations. This will establish a relationship between form, pronunciation and meaning in characters and will enable you to transfer what you already know when you learn new characters. Structurally there are two types of characters: those that exist as an integral unit, and those that can be divided into radical and phonetic components. Integral characters are often radicals themselves. Thus some basic knowledge of a radical is desirable not just for learning a certain character but for using the radical index when looking up a character in a Chinese dictionary. Itis often said that radicals are categories of thought which the ancient Chinese used to describe the world around them. A combination of a radical and a sound element gives specific meaning under a certain category of meaning. As you come across radicals in this book you will learn to classify characters under these categories or radicals. The Chinese-English Dictionary (published in 1995 by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing) uses 189 radicals to organize the characters contained in the dictionary. That dictionary is probably the most widely used Chinese-English Dictionary in the world and is deemed likely to be the dictionary most often consulted by users of this book. You will learn 90 radicals in this book. Of these about 50 are the most common radicals. We believe that the knowledge you gained from these radicals will enable you to guess the meaning of many common Chinese characters. The Basic Strokes Chinese characters are written in various strokes. Although we can identify over 30 different strokes, only 8 are basic ones and all the others are their variants. Certain arrangements of strokes form components or the building blocks for characters. ‘The strokes that make up a component of a character and by extension the whole character are given names. Below are the 8 basic strokes: [ — } The héng or ‘horizontal’ stroke is written from left to right. [| 1] The shi or ‘vertical’ stroke is written from top to bottom [J] The pié or ‘downward-left’ stroke is written from top-right to bottom-left. { \. ] The nd or ‘downward-right’ stroke is written from top-left to bottom-right.vil Students’ Guide [> ] The dian or ‘dot’ stroke is written from top to bottom-right, finishing firmly. It can also be finished to bottom-left, depending on how the dot is written. {7 ] The zhé or ‘turning’ stroke can begin with a horizontal stroke with a downward turn, or itcan be a vertical stroke with a horizontal turn to the right. { ] 1 The géu or ‘hook’ stroke is written by a quick flick of the pen or Chinese brush. There are five types of gdu ‘hook’ strokes. They are: [ = ] the henggou or ‘horizontal hook’, [ ] 1 the shigou or ‘vertical hook’, [ L.1 the wan'gou or ‘bending hook’, L \Q 1 the xiégou or ‘slanting hook’, [ & 1 the pinggou or ‘level hook’, [+ ] The @f or ‘upward stroke to the right’ is written from bottom-left to top-right. Stroke Order It is important to remember that the components in a character are written according to some fixed rules or stroke order. The same stroke order should be used every time you write a character. If you write a character according to the prescribed order, you will find it easier to remember as repetition will develop muscular cues in your fingers which will assist in the recall of the character, much like remembering a figure in dancing. Thus, when writing a character, the following rules should be observed: 1, From top to bottom: a 2. From left to right: ea E/k|Students’ Guide 3, The horizontal before the vertical: mer + \ Siler 4, The horizontal before the down stroke to the left: SIS? [ SV Stler] pk Frat Fr Bh ob 5. The down stroke to the left before that to the right: J 2 >> >> x, [srk 6. The enclosing strokes first, then the enclosed and finally the sealing stroke: Wy \ Jone TA | vir] 7. The middle stroke beter, those on both sides: ) Tf eb tel ar he Ae ma } jal jak J8. Inside stroke before side stroke: (ek) EE bl +} +] at mm) 3 (a) A Explanatory Notes for Character Entries Below is an annotated character entry. It has been reduced to show the full range of information: ey a en Lt | Students’ Guide (We f——Trecharconins grck aaihe pha: hike me preset emg nn pa u 15 rd Inde [ craer comps i+ Comercio] ] [Compt eecsanimeming =] Vo soe 1 RK gaps neon mere Sewamea ee [Suletnee Somes Sergent ge ih 13 14Students’ Guide xi KEY: the character character serial number as sequenced in this book full form of the character pronunciation and tone . character definition . character explanation and points to note on the use of the character. . radical information . radical index number (based on The Chinese-English Dictionary 1995) 9. character components 10. character configuration 11, character combinations and example sentences with pronunciation and meaning, 12. points to note when writing out the character. 13. total number of strokes of the character 14. stroke order 15. space to practice writing out the character eaawayne Simplified characters versus full characters Out of the 250 characters studied in this book, 83 are simplified. This is under one-third which is generally the number of characters simplified for common usage. Where a simplified form exists, the full form is given as a reference. It is useful to know how the full form looks like as itis often used to illustrate how the character came to evolve to its present form. ‘Simplified characters have existed long before the Communist Chinese Government sanctioned their use with an official list in 1986, For example, the characters cong M\ (from), wan 77 (ten thousand) and bi % (writing brush) existed side by side with their full forms tt, # and 3 in classical Chinese. The official sanction only means the abolition of the complex forms. Several techniques were employed to create simplified characters. One was to replace the original component of a character with a component of fewer strokes but which had the same sound as the given character. For example, the simplified character for ‘recognize’ is ren i\. The component A is pronounced as rén which is also the pronunciation for rén 2 in the full form (despite their different tones). Other examples are shi i!1, yang Pf, zhong ##, kuai +8, bang #8, yuan [d, yuan 3 and j7 Another technique used was simply to take one section of a complex character and used it as the simplified one. Compare the full form for ‘kin’ #82 (qin) and its simplified form *X which uses only the left component in simplification. Other examples in this collection are ér 54 (son), yi 8 (doctor), x?% (practice), tido #%& (classifier), li # (inside) and qi SA (gas, vapor) with their respective simplified forms JL, HE. 4, 4, # and &. ‘Some characters are simplified on the basis of having adopted the cursive forms and in the process losing some of their strokes. For example, the radical # (speech) is simplified to i by the adoption of its cursive form. Other radicals in this collection simplified on the same basis are £ (silk), # (metal), !] (door), 4 (vehicle) and f (food). Note that simplification involving the radicals are responsible for many simplified forms being created as it is often the case that only the radicals are simplified. Examples are shud iki, hua if, yii if, shéi/shui ift, xié iff, ging i, ci il, da i& for i (word), géi #, lian %, jing & for + (silk), gidn #8, tié #K, zhong PF for $ (metal), wen ji], jian lH] for 1] (door), jiao #8 for % (vehicle), and fan tii for f (food). Other cursivexii Students’ Guide characters adopted as simplified forms are ai %, dong 4, jian JL, hui 2, xié i, sha Vi, lai OK, juéijiao i, le/yue F, chang/zhang K and ché **. Some cursive forms use an arbitrary form created for the sake of writing a character quickly. ‘These are used to replace some complicated phonetic components. One common stereotype is you X made up of only two strokes. It is used in the characters hudn Xi, han i, and dui %1 replacing fi, iit, and 4 respectively. Another such stereotype is yin Z made up of only four strokes. It is used in the characters yiin Z, yiin 38, and dong #1 replacing %, ##, and 8) respectively. The Pinyin System of Romanization The system used in this book to write Chinese with Roman letters is the Hanyu Pinyin system which is standard in mainland China and is the system now used almost everywhere else in the ‘world. The imitated pronunciation should be read as if it were English, bearing in mind the following main point Consonants bd, f, g,h, k, 1, m, n, p, sf, w, yas in English ¢ like English ts in its 4 like English j in jeep q like English ch in cheer, with a strong puff of air r like English ur in leisure, with the tongue rolled back x like English see (whole word) z like English ds in kids ch like English ch in church, with the tongue rolled back and a strong puff of air sh like English sh in she, with the tongue rolled back zh like English j, with the tongue rolled back ‘Vowels like English ar in far like English ur in fur like English ee in fee like English or in for like English ue in sue like French u eo mee ‘Tones A tone is a variation in pitch by which a syllable can be pronounced. In Chinese, a variation of pitch or tone changes the meaning of the word. There are four tones each marked by a diacritic. In addition there is a neutral tone which does not carry any tone marks. Below is a tone chart which describes tones using the 5-degree notation. It divides the range of pitches from lowest (1) to highest (5). Note that the neutral tone is not shown on the chart as it is affected by the tone that precedes it.‘Students’ Guide xii Tone chart TTT 5 Hh pitch 4 Mid-high 3 Middle pitch 2 Mid-ow 1 Low-piteh The first tone is a high-level tone represented by a level tone mark (— ). The second tone is a high-rising tone represented by a rising tone mark ( - ) The third tone is a low-dipping tone represented by a dish-like tone mark ( ~ ). ‘The fourth tone is a high-falling tone represented by an falling tone mark ( ~ ) In addition to the above tones, there is a neutral tone which is pronounced light and soft in comparison to other tones. A neutral tone is not marked by any tone mark. A syllable is said to take on a neutral tone when it forms part of a word or is placed in various parts of a sentence. How to use the Alphabetical Index ‘The words and phrases collected in the Chinese-English Glossary (approximately 1200 items) are arranged alphabetically according to the Hanyu Pinyin system of romanization. In this system each syllable (represented by a character) is a unit. The first character in a word or phrase is the head character. Each word or phrase is ordered in the first instance according to the phonetic value of this character. In a succession of entries having the same head character, alphabetical order is then determined by the phonetic value of the second character. This arrangement has the advantage of enhancing meaning by grouping together words which share a common character root, even though it is done at the expense of a straight alphabetical ordering. ‘The ordering of characters is affected by two other considerations. Firstly, in the case of characters represented by the same roman letters, alphabetization is determined by the tone of each character (represented in Hanyu Pinyin by diacritics), in the order first, second, third, fourth and neutral tone. Secondly, in the case of characters represented by the same Roman letters which also have the same tone, alphabetization follows the principle that simpler characters (those composed of fewer strokes) are listed before more complex characters (those composed of more strokes). For example, the first 17 entries under Q have as their head character variations of the syllable ‘qi’ (pronounced like chee in English). These entries are gi — first tone (5 instances of a 2-stroke character, 1 of a 7-stroke character, 2 of a 12-stroke character); gi — second tone (1 instance); gi—third tone (4 instances of the same character); gi— fourth tone (1 instance of a 4-stroke character and 5 instances of a 7-stroke character). The neutral tone qi, written without any tone mark, is absent in this collection.xiv Students’ Guide In the case of a character taking more than one tone, e.g. ‘bu 7%” which can take on bi, bi'or bu, the words or phrases sharing the head character are also arranged in the descending order of the tones. How to use the Radical Index The radical index is based on the 189 radicals used by The Chinese-English Dictionary 1995, published by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press in Beijing. When you look up a character, first determine which part of the character constitutes the radical and then count the remaining number of strokes to locate the character under that radical. Where a character is made up of two components which can function as radicals, it is sometimes classified under both radicals. For example, the character mai % ‘beautiful’, is classified under both components which are treated as radicals: yang ¥ ‘sheep’ and da X ‘big’ in the same way as found in the Chinese- English Dictionary 1995.yilyi/yi one The character is pronounced in the Ist tone as yi when it is used in counting; in the 2nd tone as yibefore a syllable in the 4th tone; and in 4th tone as yi before syllables in 1st, 2nd or 3rd tones. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character component: — Character configuration: [ Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 = yi one 4. Kyle once R AEH We yitesin ‘Wo ldiguo Béijing yi ci. one two three I've been to Beijing once. 2. A yige one (general objects, sally 5. iyi. fist, roundish) OES a ee Zh shi divi. Qing g8i wo yf ge mitnbio. This is the first time. Please give me a bread rol. 3. AKUHB) yin (ha) one (book) RE mH. ‘Wo miaile yi bén shi. bought a book Begin boldly and end firmly. 1 stroke—— a two The character, represented by two horizontal lines, indicates the number two Radical: Character components: = “two? —4- Index # 10 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 = & two mn FF = ‘Yi ji yi déngya er. One plus one equals two. 2. =F ergé_ second older brother ROW be Bm, Wo érgé shi zhngxué ldoshi. My second oldest brother is a high school teacher. =H Brywd February doa =A GE ® Being Bryué hai én lng. Beijing is still quite cold in February. SF erdéng second class RTF Ae ‘W6 mile érding cing de pido. 've brought a second class cabin ticket. BHR doyiwo'er unique ion) Wk ES. Tade xidngft diyi-wirér. Her way of thinking is unique. ‘The bottom stroke is longer. 2 strokes3 —+ sin three The character, represented by three horizontal lines, indicates the number three. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Character components: — +— + ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings sin three RR, =hRE. Yi bi Iiér, é bi Ii san. Things don’t happen once; they come in twos and threes. ME sanjifoxing triangle RD She, Zhe shi ge Sinjikoxing. This isa triangle. 3. SAH singe yud three months RT PH S* A. ‘Wé léile Zhdnggud sin ge yu. I’ve been in China for three months. Index #2 Character configuration: HJM= Xinggisin Wednesday SRR BME, ‘Tintin shi Xinggisin. Today is Wednesday. =I sknxin-eey! undecisive eR mE SOoe T. id zhayang ba, bié2Ai sinxin-2ryile. That setles it, don’t be indecisive. (literally, three hearts, two minds) The strokes are equally spaced, the middle stroke is the shortest. 3 strokes4 PU si four The character originally depicted breath coming out of a mouth. It was suggested that the meaning of four came from breath spreading out in the four directions. Radical: [1 ‘4-sided frame” Character components: [| + JL Index #51 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. MW si four to express the polite form of ‘you’. Radical: “> ‘heart’ Index #76 Character components: {ii + \L» Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. {8 nin you (polite) 3. $64. Ninzio! Good moming! EM, ey ‘Laoshi, nin zo! May Task your name (sumame)? Good morning, sir/ma‘am (teacher)! 2. M64F Nino! How are you! ei, KE Lioshi, nin hio! How are you, sir/ma‘am (teacher)? ‘Note the position of the three dots in 2 . 11 strokes SS x 5 3 5 x y is is > 2322 Full form =B. =e. TL ga cxpenie FA When used as an honorific, the character means your. By itself, it means expensive. This comes from the time when shells were used as a form of money. Radical: J ‘seashell’ Index # 92 Character components: ‘! + — + Jl Character configuration Compounds, sentences and meanings - ] 1, BE gui expensive 3, BEET guigud your country (honorific) RAH HH WER, Sei 32 ABE? ‘Zh bén shi hin bio, yé bi gui. Guigué shi nigus? This book is good and is not expensive. What nationality (polite form) are you? 2. te guixing your name (honorific) Stee Nin guixing? What's your sumame, please? “The last stroke finishes firmly, 9 strokes y ] | | ">|? =e 2423 HE xing sumame The character combines woman & and birth “£ to give the idea of surname inherited from the mother, which was the case in matriarchical societies. Character components: “& + ‘2 Index # 65 Character configuration: [ ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. && xing to be surnamed REE Sm Be, Wo xing Li, ming jo Enhus. ‘My surname is Li, my given name is Enhua. Please write down your full name. 3. MENG xingshi surname Ph ERR Bil 8 FF. ‘Yi xingshi bihua wei xD. Arranged by surname in the order of the number of strokes. |. BTML Mobaixing common people 5. TAME téngring having the same surname (literally, the 100 old names) HR Ak BARE RH, ‘ZhOnggus yiban Liobdixing hin ging. In general, people in China are poor. bei IA ale 78 ‘Yigifn Zhongguorén tOngxing ba tOnghin. In the past, people would not marry someone with the same surname. ‘The bottom horizontal stroke on the right-hand side is longer. 8 strokes UL Jk ie Be Be ee HH Ge 2524 AA KE ait Swearing under the sun Fl that something is true signifies the idea of certainty. Thus the character means to be. Radical: Hi ‘sun’ Index #90 Character components: Fl + iE. Character configuration: | ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1B sbi tobe 4. BAKE shibushi tobe or not to be WE HAA, BREE HAA? ‘Ta shi Ribénrén. ‘Ta shibushi Ribénrén? She is Japanese. Is he Japanese? 2. JBI shide yes 5. HME hiishi or RO, BRA A i WR AAA, HM OHA? Shide, Rib&nrén yé yong Hanzi. ‘Ta shi Rib&nrén, haishi Hingu6rén? Yes, Japanese people also use Chinese 1s she Japanese or Korean? characters. 3. ASE diish? not to be fk RH AAA. ‘Ta bishi Ribénrén. He's not Japanese. l - 7 ‘Make sure that the last stroke is not too flat. 9 strokes ,f[uleuleylalwalulwa PS ee ee 2625 yo The character combines mouth 1 with the phonetic 4 gives the character the sound element. By itself, it means which; with JL. , it means where. Radical: 1 ‘mouth’ Index #50 Character components: [1 +i + § Character configuratio ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. nk which one? 4, 8% Bris which ones? tk ak MA i dit JG RAE SI? Ni xihuan ni ge wanja? [NI qiguo Béijing nixié difang? Which toy would you like? Where have you been to in Beijing? 2. MBJL nie where? 5, MBIA niguorén which country? fe BULA? 5 A BELA Ni shang nr qh? NI shi niguérén? Where are you going? What nationality are you? 3. SRM nll where? tb mB? Ni shang nal qu? Where are you going? ‘The eighth stroke is written like the figure 3. 9 strokes yo iw |e jw) fed jay leg eqs vAR 27gu5 country Full form The simplified character signifies that when the best in the country as represented by jade 3 is protected by a wall or boundary 1, nationhood comes into being Radic 1 ‘4-sided frame’ Character components: [] + Index #51 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. BA gué- nation CHRD &* mR @ zhé ge zhéngcé shi 3B ASE BHA ‘Déng Xidoping tichii de. It was Deng Xiaoping who proposed the policy of “One country, two systems.” 2. BRE gu6jif nation 2H A RE wR, ‘Méigué shi minzhii gu6jia. The United States is a democratic county. #811 Dégud Germany OE 1E WOH, Dé gus zai Ouzhou. Germany is in Europe. FAKE guoqing National Day tA SR bR Bpeti. Shiyué-yihdo shi Zhonggu6 Gudgingjié. October Ist is Chinese National Day. HIRE guéji_ international Hef HIB SARL ZaBnggud de guojt diwai tigao le. CChina’s international status has improved. The last stroke seals the enclosure. 8 strokes | OFFAL 2827 XK rén person, people The character is a pictograph of a person standing with his/her feet apart. Radical: A ‘person’ Character component: A. Index # 18 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. A 0 person, people Pill BBL A Fénjidn li méiyou rén, There is no one in the room. 2. Aff] rémen people | AML i HR Rénmen dou shud ta biicud. People all speak well of her. 3. SHILA Zhongguérén Chinese (person) PRA HH BAA AR OR ‘Zhongguérén gén Ribénrén bi yiying, Chinese people are different from Japanese. AHL réakia population RW Act RS, Zhonggus de rénkou zhongdud. China has a large population. AAlLAw rénshin-téahii sea of people | (literally, a mountain of people, a sea of people) TH ALA. Guiingching shang rénshin-rénhai. ‘The square was crowded with many people. ‘Note the difference between A and A. 2 strokes JIA 2928 zhong middle The character signifies the idea of an arrow hitting the bull’s eye right in the center. Radical: | ‘vertical stroke’ Character components: [1+ | Index #3 Character configuration: 1. 9 bong middle KR F FS A. ‘Wé chuiin zhdng hio de. I wear medium size. 2. SHH zhongjf intermediate level kA PR MEL Zhe shi zhongif kéchEng. This isan intermediate course. 3. "HL Zhongguo China +H tt B= KB. ‘Zhonggus shi shijé disin dagud. Compounds, sentences and meanings China is the world’s third largest country. 3 Zhéngwén Chinese language RBM PK HL Wo kanbuding Zhingwén bao. can't read Chinese newspapers HE Zhong Chinese food BK We PR. Wo baba xthuan chi Zhongcan, My father loves Chinese food. ‘The vertical stroke is in the middle of the rectangle. 1 r)e| LL 3029 FE méi_ beautiful The character combines lamb “¥: and big X to give the idea of perfection or beauty. Radical: ¥ ‘sheep’ or K ‘big’ Character components: ** + % Index # 133 Index #43 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 3% mBi_ good, satisfactory Aa) ROE ATE hi ‘Zhai de dongxi womei-jialign. The things here are good and inexpensive. SEMI dill beautiful SEMA) JR SAW. halt de fengiing hén méili The scenery here is beautiful. 3. X84 méihio fine, happy Ri EE 7 UN. ‘Wode téngnifin shi yi ge méihio de huiyi. Thave good memories of my childhood, 386 mina beautify Ri) BER TH Rte NR, ‘Women yinggai jin kénéng méihua hudnjing. We should try our best to beautify the environment. SER Méigud USA RE te tb eM. Méigu6 zi BEi Méizhou. The United States is in North America. The last two strokes taper off. 9 strokes 7] y=)2 ele 4/¥)|# 3130 ey ma_ [particle] Full form: HE ‘The character combines mouth [1 which signifies asking, while the phonetic "5 gives the sound ma. Note that !"4 is always pronounced in the neutral tone. Radical: (1 ‘mouth’ Character components: 1 + 4 Index #50 Character configuratior Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HH) ma question particle 405 ming ma busy? He RR WG? te te mp NI zhio we ma? Ni ming ma? Are you looking for me? ‘Are you busy? 2. HEM} ko ma good? FH gan ma what are you doing? is AE te BF Mp Nihio ma? Ni winshang gin ma? How are you? What will you be doing in the evening? 4) should be upright. 6 strokes 32Quiz 3 (21-30) A. Look at the 9-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin ‘Translation OH | de # What's your name? (ii) B fe RI|AL# (iii) | B. Refer to the characters in the 9-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin sentences into characters. You might like to check their English meaning in the Key. Look up the characters you have learnt in previous sets. ] ( | Qingwen, nin guixing? | Gi) | Qingwen, guigué shi naguo? ii)|Qingwén, ni shi naguorén? | C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ (i) H ge fine, happy wen population El qing which one fkde Chinese food OR xié beautiful hai name Ki country A Kou Chinese language Fae which ones SER or FA jia National Day *F can yes 3331 {th .. The character combines person { and also t! to suggest the idea of ‘that male person also.’ Thus it means the third person. Radical: { ‘upright person’ Character components: { + ti Index #19 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings Lf @ be fh RAY BM. ‘Ta shi wode liopéngyou, He’s an old friend of mine 2. (iff) tamen they fei] BHA, A RBA. ‘Tamen shi Féguorén, bishi Méiguorén, They're French, not American. 3. fA tarén others Sl ow, Gk HHA, Bi€ cho, zhéyang hui yingxiing tarén. Don’t make so much noise as this will disturb people 468549 tamade damn it! HAIN Mk ABZ, GR HE Tamade, nf nme 2uld kan yé bikin! Damn you, why don’t you watch where you're going! JEf6 gitd other OH fhe Hie RAT Hiiybu shénme git shiging yo women 2u0 > ma? Is there anything else you want us to do? ‘The third stroke ends with a hook. 5 strokes 7h | | |e 3432 ith ‘The character is a modern version of the pronoun ft he, using the idea of female & and also 8, to suggest the idea of ‘that female person also.’ Thus it means she. Radical: ‘female’ Character components: “+ 1!) Index # 65 Character configuration: in| Compounds, sentences and meanings ie A ay, ‘Ta shuo Hanyii shudde hén ho. She speaks Chinese very well. 2. Si) tide her, hers ti DU A Tade Hany shudde hén didao. Her spoken Mandarin is very idiomatic. iif] tamen they, them (female) US HT FE ‘Ni sénde timen shi shéi/shuf ma? Do you know who these girls/women ${f10H tamende their, theirs (female) eH EN A AL TRE, ‘Tamende yifu dou hén shimio. The clothes they are wearing are very fashionable, The fourth stroke ends with a hook. [dk fe et Sele 3533 Full form YP vy J shui/sh&i who ii ‘The full character expresses the idea of asking for the identity of a person, or who, with the combination of the idea of speech #4 and the phonetic f£, which contains person. (0 Character components: i + f& Character configuration: Radical: i ‘word’ Index #9 Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HE shuifshéi who 3. WEI shui/shéi zhidao no one knows 4 it wth Ra HT! ROK a MAO OR, ie Saath te ‘You shui/shéi néng bingzhi we jid ho le! ‘Wo bén shi gn ti kai winxilo, shi zhidao 3 only someone could help me! AAT. WEIN shui/shéi'de whose shengai le. | 22. eh Ee WR? Twas only joking with her, I didn’t expect her ‘Zhe shi shui/shéi'de Zhongwen kebEn? eee Whose Chinese textbook is this? ‘There is equal spacing between the horizontal lines. 10 strokes, aft |e + iY | [at [pe se 36M A) de [particle] Pronounced in the neutral tone. This particle, often indicating ownership, is the most frequently used character in Chinese. Radical: 4 ‘white’ Index #125 Character components: [4 + “J Character configuratior Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. de particle 3. MERI muotiainde yesterday's TR KA BE, RO WK 9 HR. ‘Ta you yi shudng dada de yanjing. Zhe shi zuotian de bao. She has big eyes (literally, a pair of big eyes). This is yesterday's newspaper. 2. BIA lade chilli hot 4. fil youde some KR Bea. Fit) 2 aN, AMY BAY. Wo di chi Ia de. ‘Youde shi xin de, youde sbi jid de. Tlove spicy food. Some are new, some are old _ J ‘Write the final stroke firmly. 8 strokes ly la la la lw |a9]ag a 3735 FA sow is The character signifies two friends standing side by side, Radical: ‘flesh/moon’ Character components: 1 + 4 Index # 103 Character configuration: aa ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WH péng friend eB mie Rte ie ‘Zuowan qin-péng of-you jd zai yigl zhén giioxing. | Iewas very happy to have relatives and friends gathered together last night 2. WIS péngyou friend % A PR ‘Ni you ZhOnggus péngyou ma? ‘Do you have any Chinese friends? > BWA nanpéngyou boy friend th RRA fe i. ‘Ta gén nfnpéngyou zhi zai yigl. She lives with her boy friend. 4M nllpéngyou girl friend te A AHR OT RAT 1 you nlipgngyou le méiyou? Do you have a steady git! friend? EMH Wopéngyou old friend HG AMAR EN RE i, [Néndé you jihul gn Hopéngyou ja zai yi. Old friends don’t often get the chance to meet. The right component is written slightly wider. 8 strokes ) 0 jl A A A mi mA36 7g you friend The character depicts two hands, a symbol of friendship. Radical: X ‘again’ Character components: 7 + % Index # 24 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. BE you friend he RES MF He, ‘TA shi 6 shi dud nisin de ho you. He has been my good friend for over ten years 2. Jett youging friendship fe RH ‘Tabén zhong youging, He values friendship greatly. 3. Keli youyi friendship winR HE. ‘Youyi dys, bis der. Friendship first, competition second. JéHE youhto friendly WA REE ‘Ta dui rén ben youhio, He's a friendly person. AERVA rbu-gin fing-you visiting relatives and friends ‘SE MS A Se ER ‘Zhongguo piting de Wobsixing zSu-qin WK WER BE. ‘ing-you dou shi gf zixingché. Ordinary people in China use bicycles to visit their relatives and friends. f | The long horizontal stroke covers X . 4 strokes TIFF IAI 3937 Full form mM, eo alae tee = ‘The character combines a child F studying under a roof“ to suggest learning. Radical: ¥ ‘child’ Index # 67 Character components: * + 7 Character configuration: -—| [ Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, “PF xué study, learn 4. “PRE xuéxido school AE BH. eH PR. eS PR UL BAR. Zhlyao nil, yiding néng xuéhui, ‘Zhe ge xuéxido you diknr minggi. If you work hard, you will master it This school has a good reputation. 2. 4: xuésheng student 5. “9% xuéfei tuition fees Pe RE fk UA A. & 4 MY PRR Bd? ‘Zhonggud xuésheng hin renzhén xuéxi. Nidn dixué yi nidin de xuéfei shi dudshao? Chinese students are very studious. How much are the annual university tution tees? 3. BAL xuéxt learn BR FA BA KA, ‘Yinggai xuéxi biéren de chingcha. One should learn from others” strong points. ‘The first two dots slant to the right. 8 strokes, v7 [ee ae ae | ae 4038 ) ba/ bi not ‘The character is usually pronounced in the 4th tone except when it is followed by another 4th tone syllable, which changes it into the 2nd tone. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character component: 7 Character configuratior im Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. A ba not 4. ASKFABIB bidhdo yisi_ embarrassed WK th BFR RT Ib MA HT, HOR RP ‘Zodtin td shud jintian bi Idi le. [Rang nf jit dng le, zhén bi hilo yisi. He said yesterday that he won't be coming 'm sorry to have kept you waiting. today. 5. AA. dajii not for along time 2. BAD advs bashio just right WHET BA, (8K Te Ct eS Ni cule bij, t id Iai Ie. ‘Ni mii de shulgué badué bishdo, zhéng hao. ‘He came soon after you left. You bought just the right amount of fruit — not to0 much, not too littl. 3. ARE bicud quite good AES BS ‘hb ge 23 xide bicud. | __ This characteris quite wel writen ‘The last stroke ends firmly. 4 strokes “Tar a39 ee vee ying hero ‘The character originally meant flower, it combines the grass radical “and the phonetic 3%. It means outstanding. Radical: * ‘grass? Character components: + + Index # 42 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 3 ying hero BR OWT HRS OR Xuéxido kaile yi ge qinyinghui qingzhi | Bae ANSE, | ylinddnghui de jiésha. The school organized a celebration for the participants at the end of the sports carnival. 2. Se yingjan handsome RP IMAG KA IR. | Zh ge xidohudzi zhingde hén yingjan. This young lad is quite handsome. 3. HI Yinggué England ae k RE A Re ‘Méinién qu Yinggu6 de rén héndus. ‘Many people travel to the UK every year. 4, RE Yingyti English language HR A RE Ae BRIE. ‘Zhonggus you héndud ren xué Yingys. ‘Many people in China study English 5. KE yinglt mile AMG NH, RA A, ‘Méigué hai yong yingli, biyong gongli. The United States still uses miles, not kilometers. ‘The seventh stroke crosses the fifth stroke. 8 strokes — a a ae [ae ae RK 4240 Xu wén script, language ‘The character represents a pattern used on ancient earthenware. It took on the meaning of character or writing. Radical: 3X ‘script’ Index #73 Character components: ~+ Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 3 wen language, script 4, Sete wéntwa civilization kw RR 5H RAN, Re Be PM OKI. Zhe pin wenzhing xi8de wen bd dul tt. ‘Wo xing ylnjid Zhongguo weohua. This essay was irelevant tothe topic. want to study Chinese civilization. 2, HK Yingwén English language ety KLAR AE [Nide Yingwén shudde hén hio. You speak English very well 5. SOF wEnxvs titerature Rom GR PM RE, ‘W6 xiling yanjid Zhongguo wenxué. I want o study Chinese literature. 3, wena written language wR ARE NS ‘Zhe shi yOu wEn2i kékio de lishi. This isa documented history. ‘The third stroke sweeps left. 4 strokes TF IR 43Quiz 4 (31-40) A. Look at the 9-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be found horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning |) Aw #)xe x] a) FR |B | 4 | aid B. Refer to the characters in the 9-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin sentences into characters. You might like to check their English meaning in the Key. Note that the Pronouns for he or she have the same pronunciation td but are written with different characters. Check the character for ‘he.’ (@ | Shui/shéi'de pengyou? (ii) | Ta xué buxué Zhongwen? \iii)| Ba, xué Yingwén, C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning @ Gi) xe the United Kingdom nil study 3 hua spicy (chilli hot) Tao WA girl friend laf English language school you A Chinese language a short time zuotian 11) yesterday’s old friend/s HK gud civilization quite a few Ri some friendly HX mile student 4441 Full form The simplified form of the character combines person 1 with speak Z to give the idea of people speaking in a meeting. Radical: A ‘person’ Index # 18 Character components: A+ Z Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. & bud beableto 4. Ziff muita conversation RS HR, KE mB. ne MS OF BIR, Wo hui Yingyt, bahui Fay. Xué yaya yinggdi dus ting huihua, [ speak English but I don’t speak French, You should listen (0 lots of conversation when 2. & hu belikely to Teaming a language. RK 2 FR 5. &B inilyt meeting ‘Mingtiain hui xiayii ma? BL ei ATH. Will train tomorrow? Hui jinxing zhong, ging wa dijito. | “Meeting in progress, please do not disturb, 13. —@JL- yihuir a moment it FAL Qing nf dng yihui. Please wait for a while. ‘The last stroke ends firmly. 6 strokes 7 JAJAIAIATS 45a2 x8 write Full form DY, ‘The simplifed form combines flat roof “~ with the character +9 and in the process loses the dot on the top. It means to write. Radical: ~ ‘flat roof” 45 Character component: Index #8 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. xi’ write 4. OES TH HE Zhe ge ni xibde hn io. This characteris well-written, 2. HE xitzud writing Ra Sie ke 5. Wo juéde xi8zud zui ndn xué, | Tthink writing is the hardest thing to learn. 3. KF daxié upper case/capital lever Ae ws OAKS. Mingzi subxi8 yinggai yong daxié. Initials for names should be writen in capital letters A xilloxié AE AYIA A ANS Yiban de cf yinggli yong xidoxié, Ordinary words should be written in lower 55 shiixié hand-written #5 iA HE WA. Shiixié méiybu dyin hiokan, Handwriting doesn’t look as good as printing lower case ‘The third stroke has two bends ending with a hook. 5 strokes ’ onal ad 5 > 5 rs 5 46a dud many, much ‘The character combines two evenings or moons to mean many. Radics ¥ ‘evening’ Character components: 4” + 7 Index #56 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. & dud many mim RE A. ‘Limian y6u héndud rén. ‘There are many people inside. 2% dudsha0 how many UR BD WH ‘Ni rénshi dudshao Hanzi? How many Chinese characters do you know? 3. %* dudbin more often than not AMR fh Fb BULK ‘Xinggitidin td duaban shang zher lai. He comes over on Sundays quite often. 2% dudsha majority Ri) B BR. ‘Women shi dudshi. We are in the majority. 2 auome how, what SA Re OD RR MY ‘Dudme xinxidn de shuigué a! How fiesh the frit is! 6 strokes 7/7 [7132 The top component rides on top of the lower one. 477 shiio/shdo few, less; young The character combines small /|’ with an added J small object even smaller, It means few. Radical: /) ‘small? de) Character component stroke representing a sword, cutting a Index # 49 Character configuration: f= Compounds, sentences and meanings 1B sao few big feb FE. ‘Shanghai hénshio xiaxué. It seldom snows in Shanghai 2. BBY diishio quite alot ik ik RAT TET RD fh, ‘Zhe ci lixing huille bishdo gin. I spent quite a lot of money on this tip. 3. PIE shtoshi minority De AU BH, Shishi ficOng dudshi. The minority is subordinate tothe majority: BP dudshao how many | UR Bb we? Nirénshi dudshao Hanzi? How many Chinese characters do you know? 24€ shonin juvenile He RRA be HE ee ‘Xifiing gu6jid de shionifin finzui bijido dud. Juvenile delinquency is more common in Western countries. ‘The last stroke tapers off. 4 strokes Vojal jade45 /W ge [classifier] Full form fA This character is pronounced in the neutral tone when used as a general classifier for most nouns. When used in the 4th tone, “+ means individual. Radical: Character components: A ‘person’ At | Index # 18 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings LA ge classifier TR. AB HB. Xi ge zo, xidxi xidxi. Have a shower and then rest. 2. WAY litng ge a couple of ie Rm ‘Qing géi wo lidng ge. Please give me two. 3. AtaP gege each tt) BE AA AB A BSB ide hizi g2ge dou hén cOngming. Alll your children are very bright AA gerén individual ROA UH GRA tt Hal. Wo gésén renwéi zhéying mo bidui. In my opinion this isnot the way todo it AML gBbié individual (adjective) R oe TH HS, Wo xihuan g2bié fidio. I prefer individual tuition. The second stroke joins the first stroke at the top. 3 strokes 7 INA» 4946 Y Y Han ethnic Han Chinese Full form x { The full form combines water ¥ with the phonetic # to mean the dominant ethnic group in China. The phonetic is replaced by the stereotype X in simplification. Radical: } ‘3 drops of water’ Character components: } + Index #32 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. han person KB Khe APL. Ba dio Changchéng fei hfohan. You are not a true person if you haven't been to the Great Wall of China, 2. WF Hany’ Chinese language a ee a Nide Hanyii shudde hin bicus. You speak Chinese very well. 3. WY Hanzi Chinese characters KH RF i ASB. W6 juéde Hinzi hén you yisi. think Chinese characters are very interesting. 4. (lB Hinz ethnic Han Chinese doe EH DM. Hnz6 73i Xinjidng zhan shfosha. Ethnic Hans are in the minority in Xinjiing. 5. BUF Hiinxué Chinese studies fh TER DCP. ‘Ta yanjid Hanxvé. ‘She is doing research in Chinese studies. The third stroke simply lifts with no bend. 5 strokes sara mea 5047 Y | rén_ recognize Full form ; =JJ Aut The full form combines speech = and the phonetic 2 to suggest the idea of recognition. The simplified form is 1) . Radical: i ‘word’ Character components: i + A Index #9 Character configuration: | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, HA én recognize EBT, WAR KT. [Ni bian dud le, du rénbuchil nf Te, You've changed so much that I hardly recognized you. JAW reashi_ be acquainted with TR i, Xe Rénshi of, hén gioxing, I'm pleased to meet you. 3. WF renzi read Ro BME BY Wo xidnzai xué ren, I'm learning to read characters. UF rende know, recognize te 8 WB AR He NIhii rénde wo ma? Do you still recognize me? ASE rénzhén conscientious th THe RE. ‘Ta gongzud hén renzhén, ‘She is conscientious in her work. ‘The last stroke joins the previous stroke mid-way down. 4 strokes “a fo lA 5148 ay TR es tow Full form: sh iii The full form combines speech + and the component % to suggest the idea of knowledge. The simplified form is 1. Radical: i ‘word? b+ Character component Index #9 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WR shi know ke KR PRIA, Zhe ge néngmin yii-bashi, This peasant is completely literate (literally, knows not one wor) 2. JBUB shibié distinguish th iE I RR BAe. ‘Ta binéng shibié zhénjid péngyou. He cannot distinguish true friends trom false ‘The last stroke finishes firmly. WS shibud able to tell value in goods KAW R WK ‘Mai d6ngxi yao shibud, You need to know the value of things when shopping. WF shizi_ become literate 3k EE DR, ‘Zhe shi shizi kebén, This is a reading primer. FAR xsi knowledge Rh ee wm eM MP ‘Zhe wei Woxidnsheng de xuéshi hén guing. This old gentleman is very learned. 7 strokes 7 |? re ae la 5249 v» L shud speak ‘The character combines speech i and exchange 34, to give the idea of oral communication between people, It means to speak. Radical: i ‘word’ Index #9 i+ Character configuration Character componen H Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. BL shud speak 4, BURGE shudbuding maybe i RB WARE hee tT. Qing ting wo shud. Shudbuding 14 yifing 25u le. Please listen to what I have to say. Maybe he's already left 2. WIR shudhua speak 5. BUM shudfa convince R CER KA Wis. we WT HR, ‘Wo baba ba tai ai shudhua. ‘TA shudfiile wé. My father doesn’ like o talk much ‘She has convinced me. 3, WA shudhuting tell a lie WBF REF iit, ‘Xitiohdizi boyo xué shudbuting. Children should learn not to tell les. ‘The last stroke ends with a hook. 9 strokes > |e de lev lov log log log ley + |b \t Vw ye ly |b 5350 Full form +f. =F. Ta yi language HA The character combines speech i, mouth 1 and five Hi to mean talking or language. (H Radical: i ‘word’ Index #9 Character components: i + fi + A Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. i yi language 4. HY ylyén language th SR IRE ao RR Ke RAL ‘Nide Fay shudde hén hio. Béijing Yoyén Wénhua Daxué You speak French very well Beijing Language and Culture University 2. Shili waiyii foreign language 5. 8% yagi manner of speaking RR PM ME, i He RHEL Wo méi xuéguo waiyi. ‘Ta yong wanzhuan de yiiqi shud. Thave never studied a foreign language She speaks ina tactful manner. 3. HAE yates grammar TX RA AK e. Zhongwen yf bi thi nn, Chinese grammar is not too difficult. ‘Hi is easily confused with if. 9 strokes is =v = 54Quiz 5 (41-50) A. Look at the 9-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning vy) Hn)? Gi) a in | ie (iii) | =: ah | ee learnt in previous sets. Refer to the characters in the 9-character g1 into characters and check their English me rid above and CONVERT the pinyin sentences aning in the Key. Look up characters you have Ni hui shud Hanya ma? Ni hui buhui xié Hanzi? Ni hui xié dudshao Hanzi? Ta buhui xié Hanzi. C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ & shi minority > shi speak 8 hua English language BLK ding maybe ik fa majority wai tf convince it grammar ii fa foreign language di) al & hua “5 zud KS aA 1A de Re BGR become literate Chinese language a moment writing conversation capital letters individual recognize 55CHARACTER BUILDING 1 (1-50) A. Memorize the following radicals and their English names. As a review exercise, write the pinyin and meaning of each example: 1, [—] ‘horizontal stroke’ (_yi__) ___one os = ( —————: K( y)—_: €¢ ) K( ——————e 2. [J] ‘downward-left stroke’ RC ) AC ) 3. [4] ‘word’ i ( — 3 iE ( ) uC yi RC ) iB ( ) ) 4. LA] ‘person™ A ) Fan ) 2 ( ) 5. [4] ‘upright person’ 6 ( ) 3 fh ( ) 3 ft ( ) —— 6 [4] ‘mouth’ my ( ys ) B ( ) PREG ) 7. ([{1] ‘4-sided frame’ m@(_) Ls ) 8 [4%] ‘female’ HC ys th ————er — EEE 56~ n eer De BY ° Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters classified under the following radicals. [A] Chl [XR] (i) [+] . fA] - 19) [x] . Poo] . LR] . [A] . [WA] . (A (¥#] “vertical stroke” ‘eight’ “flat roof” “two" ‘top of 75° ‘ten’ ‘again’ “3 drops of water” ‘grass’ “small” ‘sunset’ ‘script’ “heart? ‘spear’ ‘sun’ “sea shell” “white? “sheep” a ¢ ) (___) (___) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ¢ ) ( ) ¢ ) Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters which share the following components, (Note that these components are not necessarily used as radicals.) [7] co] Tea (F] (X] (hd [A] tb) % ( % (___) H(t) HE ( ) F ( ) mR (___) fh ¢ ) A ( ) i (ey ) > KC ) + BHC ) AC ) + oC ) 87REVIEW 1 (1-50) The following are words and phrases classified under parts of speech. Write the pinyin and meaning for each word/phrase. Pronouns = #@(_WS__) ___Lme ; —-Rf(___) fi ( ) fst (__ fb ( )— fui (__ Rec at ) Interrogative ff4(__._-) ____ sm ¢ ) paseeeesnenenenees| pronouns iff ( yi BY(____) Nouns K ) s M(t) HA ( ) BEX ( ) DUE ( ) BRIA ( ) 3 FE ( ) PEC) 3 EIB ( ) RA (__) Verbs my ( yo (CL BE ( ) peeceecensenneeas ) 5 F( a ) a ne: ) Numbers ( ) ; =(__) 3 H( a, t(__)y u(y Classifiers 4 ( ) Noun phrases 4X3 F ( ) BUR, ) PEIN AZ ( ) 3 FEE WAAC ( ) FAA ( ) ERY A AZ ( ) 3 BELA ( ) 58WORD/SENTENCE PUZZLE 1 Find and CIRCLE words, phrases or sentences hidden in the puzzle. They can be found horizontally from left to right or vertically . The lines across and down are indicated by numbers. ‘Write the meaning next to the pinyin. The first one is done for you. ACROSS (left to right) 2.) Zhonggué péngyou Chinese friend/s (i) hui xig 3. bil shud Ni rénshi dudshao Hanzi? 8 Guigué shi nigu6? DOWN 1, Nishi naguorén? 2 Yingguo 3H) st Gi) Nin guixing? 5 (i) bishio (ii) shide 6. Nihui shud Hanya ma? 7 6 7 wR) A A/S Jalals |e) alae l + . nls |o)ale : alelel2 . x |S | a) 4 : =~|#)wIS : a|2j|or| a Jialwlelelalala 5951 \ | J men [plural suffix] Full form 4 The plural suffix is always pronounced in the neutral tone. It is mainly added to pronouns but occasionally used after nouns as a form of address for more than one person. Radical: Character components: { + ("] { ‘upright person’ Index #19 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. $641 nimen you (plural) 7 FER GE bk, ‘Qing nimen déng yixia, wo mashing hullai. Please wait a moment, I'll be right back. 2, MME znmen we, us (referring to those spoken to) ORME] Bia RS ‘Zénmen shangliang yixia Let's talk it over. 3. tefl nilshimen ladies eM EM, RAT] RF Nishimen, xidnshengmen, nimen hio! Ladies and gentlemen! Greetings! JAA ninshimen gentlemen at 2 A aie een | ‘Téngching shi nAnshimen yaoging nishimen UR, tidowi. Generally it is the men who ask the ladies for a dance. WJLAT gérmen buddies WA Zl HE KR RA Péngyou zhijidn fende ti qing jit bagdu SUIT. gémen le, If friends become too calculating, then there's ‘not much friendship between them. ‘The last stroke ends with a hook. 5 strokes 7 UA A52 5 you have The character combines the pictograph 7” , the figure of a hand, and flesh Fl to signify flesh in hand, thus giving the meaning of to have or to exist. Radical: ‘flesh/moon’ Character components: 7 + 41 Index # 103 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ff ya have, has RR ‘Wo you yi ge ge. Thave an older brother. 2. 4% yOuming famous BD RA AR. Zhe ge yinyudn hén ySuming. This actor is very famous. 3. #K yOugiin rich WS AR Att ERE ‘Héndud ydugidn rén zhi zai zhelt. Many rich people live here. HEB you yisi interesting SRM MS fh AES, Sintin de wanhui hén you yis ‘The performance tonight was enjoyable. AV yOubai harmful SH tt SHE WT. ‘Xiydn dui shéntl youhai, ‘Smoking is harmful to one’s health 6 strokes “FA 61Full form a i ‘The full form combines water Y with the phonetic { to give the idea of death by drowning, or not have. Radical: 7 ‘3 drops of water’ Index # 32 Character components: j + Character configuration: aa Compounds, sentences and meanings 3. YG mei guna it doesn't matter ke fh AS AB ‘Ta lai bu 16i dou méi guanx. Itdoesn't matter if he comes or not, the wall 1. BE_méi_ not have, did not 4 eK HUT OPN, ‘Zoétian yinhing méi kaimén. The bank was closed yesterday. This book is boring. 2. BAL méiyou not have 5. BUSSEY méiwén-meéliso endless Bm WA A te iA 4) ORO, UE A ‘Limian méiyou rén. ‘Ta zhéme méiwan-miéiliio de liodao, fansi rén There's no one inside 7 Her endless chattering is really driving me up ‘The third stroke lifts with no bend. 7 strokes ~ 6254 AM 0 The character combines grain 7% and mouth | to suggest the idea of negotiating for peace. Radical: [1 ‘mouth’ or R ‘grain’ Character components: * + 1 Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, Al be and em RH Ta hé wo yfyang gio. He's as tall as me. 2. AME éhiio become reconciled (ei) wit, eee AMET. ‘Tamen chéoguojia, xianzai héhdo le. They had a quarrel, but had made it up now. [ 3. AUF héping peace AT AY fe fa ‘Women yingedi héping jigjué went. We should resolve problems peacefully | 11 is slightly larger when written on the right. Index #50 Index # 124 — Character configuration: [] AUS bémd harmonious RA HA AIRE HB, ‘Women yi ji rén héma xidingcha, shi ge Fe fy xingfi de jiiting. My family gets on well together, ours is a sappy family. AA bégi amiable RHA A HAN ‘Fagin dui rén hén hégi. My father is very friendly. 8 strokes 2 te i A 6355 A A. g8 older brother The character signifies older brother carrying a sibling on his back. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ or 1 ‘mouth’ Character components: 7] + "J Index #2 Index #50 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WE g8 older brother RG ky thie T. Wo gé qinisn jihin le. [My older brother married last year. 2. HWE gige older brother RR NE, ‘Wo you liding ge gége. Thave two older brothers. 3. KT dagé eldest brother SR RAH EA ‘intian shi wo digé de shéngzi Today is my oldest brother's birthday. WF argé-_ second eldest brother =H BE ik T. rg chiiguo dishi le. ‘My second older brother has gone abroad to study. WLI gérmen buddies Ma Zid GK HR Péngyou zhijn fende thi ing id bagdu WUT. gérmen le. If friends become too calculating, then there's ‘not much mateship between them. ‘The bottom vertical stroke ends with a hook. 10 strokes —l-|r lr lala is 6456 4H Ji older sister The character combines female & and the phonetic EL. to give the idea of older sister. ‘& ‘female’ Character components: Radical: K+H Index # 65 Character configuration: | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HL 8 older sister aM Sb eT. ‘Wo jié kuai sainshi sui le. My older sister is nearly thy. 2, Ml eis second oldest sister ROMA WELT. WS djié dixué kuai biyé le. My second oldest sister will soon graduate from university, 3, UML jigjie older sister KWH R A+ ‘Wé jigjie bi w6 da shi sui. ‘My older sister is 10 years older than me. WK ji brother-in-law KK RM RR, ‘Wo jifu hén zhdiogu wo, My brother-in-law looks after me very well. IHL xitojie Miss £ AR ARAB Wang xidojie jintian xinjia. Miss Wang is off work today. older sister’s husband, ‘The last horizontal stroke is longer. 8 strokes b [ke Be Bin er 4A 6537 younger brother ‘The character depicts stakes bound with twine. The inverted eight represents low, and from this came younger brother, who is low in position and short in height. Radical: Character components: * ‘eight? "HB Index #17 Character configuration: [ | ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, 3B younger brother 4. 9IB Gxt wife of younger brother, siser- a in-law Siindi finnién ging jin zhdngnué. RROR PHA, My third youngest brother has just started ‘Wo dixi shi Zhongguérén. secondary school. My younger brother's wife is Chinese. 2. 3H didi younger brother 5. $898 tdi disciple, follower th Wear Bae HA) MSIE LR. Ni you méiyou didi? ‘Timen shi shfu tdi guinxi. ‘Do you have a younger brother? ‘Theirs is a master ~ disciple relationship. 3. BR dixidng brothers fit BR ~ 4 Ta jit dixiong yf ge. He's the only son of the family. ‘The fifth stroke ends with a hook. 7 strokes > 7~74)43)41l414 T 6658 ter ‘The character combines immature 4 and female & to mean younger sister. Radical: ‘female’ Character components: 4 + 4 Index # 65 Character configuration: | | ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HE mai younger sister | HR tk GE Mb. Wo mai hai hén xido. My younger sister is stil quite small 2. SM sinméi third youngest sister RoSR RF, (We simi ni 2hongxué xu6xi. My third youngest sisters in high school. 3. AME xidoméi youngest sister RR AME ES, Wo xitoméi zai xitoxué xuéxi. |My youngest sisters in primary schoo! MEK maf younger sister's husband, brother-in-law RoR HMR Be ‘WO meifu zai xitoxué jifoshi. ‘My younger sister's husband teaches in a primary school SUK jiémai sisters ik BAT MR, HL ‘Ta méiyou jiémai, zhi you yi ge gége. ‘She has no sisters, only an older brother. ‘The horizontal stroke on the right-hand side is longer than the one above. 8 strokes Lik pe fbr Be Bee ek T 6759 Full form iB ie IA hai/hudn still, return RS The full form combines movement i_ with the phonetic cycle . Thus, it means to return. Another meaning is still, Radical: _i_ ‘movement’ Index # 38 Character components: 4 + i_ Character configuration: | [_| Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 6 bai sult 4. 2 usin return 1B iE fe we BH aa HE OK BR. ‘Ta hii zai shuijido. ia ge yué wo jid hudn nf qian. He's sill sleeping. Til repay the money next month. 2. HEAT hai you still more 5. 26 6P husnjia counteroffer, bid RA MILE, IE AF 7 Ob, WE HA AOL HE ‘Wo yi yi ge jie, hii you yf ge mimei. Rigud af bit xiting mai jit bie hudnjia, Ihave an older sister and a younger sister. Don't bid if you don’t intend to buy. 3. HEIL ish or {Jk FORA iG ABEL? ‘Taishi Ribénén hiishi Hinguérén? Is he Japanese ot Korean? Write the middle component before L . 7 strokes i “| 7 [4 | al aR 6860 La ling two The character represents two people inside a room. Full form a It came to mean a couple. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character components: — + [1 + A+ A Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. FH itng wo 4. HY tiang sui two years (age) RP Rit WRB w MILE RO Zhe dn shi gud Wing tin zai shud. ‘WO jigjie bt w6 da liting su, Let's leave this matter for a couple of days. 2. BI titng ge two (of something) MW AB ite Na ling ge rén shi shi? Who are those two people? 3. WA litnget twice Regt Wk oH Wo quguo ling ci Zhongguo. T've been to China twice. My older sister is 2 years older than me. FHL ingbanr two halves fe FR tm APRIL, BA pinggud qiéchéng lingbanr. Cut the apple into halves. 7 strokes JA joins the horizontal stroke. _lalAlAla 69Quiz 6 (51-60) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning ga ATR) ] OTE A_| |Meiguoren | American/s (Hae [iif se)| OP | w/a /a) alae] OT | | B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and then check their English meaning in the Key. | ( | Wo you liang ge méimei. Gi) | Ni you meiyar ‘Tamen shi Méiguorén. (all females) (iv)| Ta you gége hé didi C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ Gi) da tH second younger sister & guanxi twice oS oN younger brother's wife ll qi it doesn’t matter da Sf oldest sister BA interesting xido tH sisters Al yisi famous. a youngest sister Mei peace xido th Miss BW yisi boring a xi disciple ie still more aH oldest brother All ping amicable 7061 oe xidng older brother ‘The character combines mouth 11 and son JL to refer to the first son. Radical: [1 ‘mouth? Index #50 or JL ‘son’ Index #21 Character component: [1] + JL. Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, 38 xibng_ older brother 3. B38 Woxiéng_ brother (polite form of MK LO OR address between males) Ni tingguo “Zhiing xiGng ding fa" 2b2 ja hua Eyl, KAR TE MIL m2 Laoxiong, hudchézhin zai nr? ma? Excuse me, brother, where's the railway Have you heard of the saying that the station? | des arse te story of he Serer eerraesrrreraeearieae (polite form) 2. Hb xidngdT brothers Kb, Jk AE RHE HT. | WIL stm tate Daxiéngdl, zh jin shi jid tw6 nf le. Ni you jf ge xidnge jigmai? ‘And so, brother, Pll Teave the matter in your ‘How many brothers and sisters do you have? hands. The last stroke finishes with a hook. 5 strokes T YI7T aly yy 7162 Ry xe fii family The character combines roof * with pig %, suggesting a place where pigs and humans are together. It means home. Radical: “** ‘roof? Character components: + % Index #34 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% ik family, home RFK he RR Wo jintin winshang bi T won't be home tonight. 2. RM jiating family RWS EH AN Hee, ‘Wo yon yi ge xingfi de jating. Thave a happy family 3. SHEIK jiachangcai nome cooking R Hat Me AR, ‘Wo xihuan chi jidchéngeai. | I'm fond of home cooking. 4, RIA jiawasht housework RRB we. Jiawashi zing mdbuwan, Housework is never done. AR rénjia other people AR Bt RM ASH Renjia de shiging women yéngbuzhio guin. We needn't concern ourselves with others” affairs ‘The sixth stroke ends with a hook. 10 strokes Sal SI T let eh 7263 Full form JL ii how many? The full character originally meant uncertainty. This meaning is lost when the character was simplified, Radical: Jl ‘how many” Index # 22 Character component: /|. Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings - 1. JL how many (for small number) 4. JUNE fish what time Wa Te 4] Sunt a> Hin le? ‘Nimen jishi 2Bu? What's the time? What time are you leaving? 2. WA jtge how many 5, JUS jtfén somewhat Ve ATLA IAL ee fe BY A Uta, Niybu i ge Zhdnggus péngyou? ‘Ti shud de you jifen diol, How many Chinese friends do you have? There's something in what he said. | 3. SLU fled how many times i kL HBL sLake Ni qlguo Zhangeus jt ci? How many times have you been to China? ‘The character is closed at the top. 2 strokes J |Ju | 7364 TA vs a The character [1 represents the shape of a mouth. Radical: 1 ‘mouth’ Character component: [1 Index #50 Character configuratiot Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HL kou classifier 4, te AIL Ae [NT ji you jt ku rén? How many are there in your family? 2. Ti koufG gourmet's luck 5 RFK i RR Wo jintdn koufi ké bagi. T'm really i luck today where food is concerned. 3. HSK kduwai taste of food SR PAR rk, me mE ‘Tintin huanhuan kouwéi, chi Xicdn ba. Let's have a change today and have Western food. HC bugil tone of voice te Bis A Me MOR, ‘Ta shudhua you miiyuan de kéugi. There was a note of complaint in what she said. TF kBuyin accent th it Ra ARE oe ‘Ta shud Yingyd dai Méigu6 kouyin, She speaks English with an American accent. ‘The last horizontal stroke travels from left to right. 3 strokes aes 7465 Ager ‘The character combines father SC father. Radical: “ ‘father’ Index #94 Character components: %@ + & Character configuration: the phonetic [ to give the sound, and the meaning | Compounds, sentences and meanings My father is a doctor 1 @& ba father 3. FA houbi stepfather REE WE Be wm me. Wo ba shi yishéng. Huba ye jido ba (My father is @ doctor. Another name for stepfather is houdie. 2. baba father BER KW Wo baba shi yishéng. The last stroke ends with a hook. 8 strokes 77 [eee ae ae 75Full form 66 yey mi mother UE The character combines woman %& with the sound element " giving the character the meaning of mother. Radical: %& ‘female’ Index # 65 Character components: & + 7 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. $$ ma mother 4, $65 yim aunt (mother’s married sister) ih Ye BR, ees JE Gk FAD A oR tt ‘Mi zui ting wo. ‘Yim shi mama yihin de jigjie hud méimei. ‘Mum loves me most Yimi refers to a married maternal aunt. 2. $445 mama mother 5. HHS gama aunt (father’s marred sister) ei ee Re NORM tits GE CAP OY AI ak HER ‘Mama chingchng géi w6 bil yifu. Giimi shi baba ythiin de ji&jie hud méimei. ‘Mum often mends my clothes: Giima refers to a married paternal aunt. 3. JH hums stepmother fae) th my faa, ‘Houma yé. houmi. Another name for stepmother is houmi, The fifth stroke ends with a hook. 6 strokes C fk jk [a7 | ee 7667 Vv Full form yo ja The full form combines movement i_ with the phonetic # to suggest the idea of this. In simplification the phonetic 7 is changed to X for faster writing of the strokes. Radical: i_ ‘movement’ Character components: X + i_ Index #38 Character configurat Compounds, sentences and meanings Lk ae this iz R siti T. Zh’ xidoxi ws zhidao le, T've already heard that news. 2. J&/P zhé ge this one RMR RT ‘Wo jit mai zh ge. T'll buy this one. 3. AJL her here IL RHE ABA, Zher bazhiin tingché. Parking is prohibited here. Bee ahaxié these wee A Fe) Fea tC. Zhaxié rizi women t2bié ming. We've been really busy lately. AHP haying this way RUG RE MS Wo juéde zhéyang 20d hui kuaiyiditinr. T think this way is faster. ‘The fourth stroke finishes firmly. 7 strokes x 7yé also Not many characters contain this component t#, Certainly the pronoun ‘he’ has it and the pronoun ‘she’ also has it. It means also, Radical: ~1 thorizontal-bend-hook’ Character component: tl Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WB yé also R BHU Rew. ‘Wo miima yé shi Hoshi. My mother is also a teacher. 2. Hh Wh YEE either. oF fe 7S ThA, th AS ‘Ta yé bi chéuyan, yé ba He neither smokes nor drinks. 3. WHF yéxii perhaps Ait AGA HR ‘YExii w5 bi gai gaosu ta. Perhaps I shouldn't have told her. Index #5 Character configuration: WB AWS .yeba .. yea whether ... or He HABE, BH th: SUE & -# Ni qi yéba, bi gi yéba, finzhéng shi yiyang. It makes no difference whether you go or not WHE EHO may as well te WOR th ae [NI shudming yixia yé hio. Maybe you'd better give an explanation. The first stroke is a horizontal-bend-hook. 3 strokes 41H |, 7869 Bio old The character is a pictograph depicting a long-haired hunchback holding a walking stick. It means old. old’ Character components: ++ ) + 6 Radic: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, # to old ET, iB KT, Ta lio le, zduli zu bi kuai le. He's getting old, he can no longer walk fast 2. BK Moda oldest sibling R= RH, RREK ‘Wo ji sin xibngel, w® shi lioda. OF the three brothers in my family, I'm the eldest. 3. BIR wopo wife fb 8 fh ak ARS ein, Ta shud t8 Kiopo bahui zudfan. He says his wife can't cook. Index # 136 Character configurat 29 Wowai foreigner 8S Oh RW MH RE Héndud Wiowai shud Hanyii dOu shudde hén Sf. bio. Many foreigners can speak Mandarin very well. 9% Moshi frank, honest BX th, RA Wi Rw PRN. Lioshi shud, w® bd znchéng 2hé ge yijian. Frankly speaking, I don’t like the idea at all The last stroke is a downward left stroke. 6 strokes “FT EFEE 7910 Vili. shi teacher Full form The full form combines hill 6 with going around Ili to give the idea of a leader who stands out from the rest of the crowd. It means teacher. Radical: or | ‘vertical stroke’ ') ‘napkin’ Character components: J +— + tf) Index #3 Index # 52 _ Character configuration: a ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, WH shi teacher 4, RA] ye RR, ‘Women shi shishéng guanxi. We have a teacher-student relationship. 2. 48Wi Woshi teacher ft Pini ea, EAE BR TS Ta yiqifin shi Woshi, xidinzai tuixit le, He used to be a teacher, now he has retired. 5 3. WA2 shifu master/teacher fe RNY SN, TR AR AME, ‘Ta shi wide shifu, w3 shi ti de tdi, He's my master, I'm his disciple. WR shim wite of masterfteacher WE TRAE, EE Shinmii hén haok®,jingching qing xuésheng FB ABER, ao jiat chit, Our teacher's wife is very hospitable, she often invites students to dinner at her home. ARO Wahi lawyer hE + 8% Wee, ‘Ta shi yi ge hén yOuming de lishi. She's a very famous lawyer Note the difference between iii and Wi. 6 strokes fy) DPD pa 80Quiz 7 (61-70) A. Find and CIRCLE words, phrases or sentences hidden in the puzzle. They can be found horizontally or vertically from left to right. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning [g]efsafA] © [e] | laosht teacher Fo | | Hk) BG Be # |e] A] aio 7 Le) [38] ] ay B. CONVERT the following pinyin sentences into characters. Some of the characters you need can be found in the 16-character grid above. Check the English meaning in the Key. (@ | Wo jia you si kou ren. ] (ii)| Baba, mama, jigjie hé wo. (ii) Wo mama shi laoshi. ivy] Ni you ji ge xiongdi jiemei? C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. (i) (ii) Rting wife 3k xis honest BRK master RK wiishi perhaps. hou £5 oldest sibling 3% yang these Ui fu stepfather An in this way Ws family & shi housework ga stepmother th xi population Epo father's married sister 3X &r accent hou brother A yin here 817 AR AIK vee os The character combines crossroad 4 with the figure of a person looking back to express the idea of very. Radical: 4 ‘double person’ Index # 54 Character components: 74 + [& Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. fi hn very 4. BS héndud alot of thik + A HE KU RE WF Ta zhe ge rén hode én. Ni rénshi héndud Hanzi, He's a very good man. You recognize lots of characters. 2. fRAF én bio very good/well 5. AE hin jin very near DOME SE i AF. RRB AG WE. Zhe ge Hanzi nl xiéde hén bio, ‘Wo jid Ir udchézhan hén jin. You've written this Chinese character very live quite near the train station. nicely, 3. fen huai very bad KDA HH Dangxin, zhé ge rén hén hua ‘Look out! This person is no good. The last stroke tapers off. 9 strokes 77 ee le Ve pk 82nR JUV an how? ‘The character combines suddenly “F and heart -L> to suggest the idea of an instantaneous ‘flash in the heart. Thus it means how or why. Radical: +L ‘heart? Character components: /F + (Ly Index #76 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% ain why ie RA ii b> [NI zn bi 740 shud ya? Why didn’t you say so earlier? 2. %& zénme how MULE EA Be ‘Zhe ge cir Yingyd zénme shud? How do you say this word in English? ASHE zény’ng how, what A tO EAE PRE ‘Zhe jian shi ni zényang jiéshi? How do you explain this matter? SAKE nBameyng whats it like? RE BAR, tt te Zuijin zénmeying, ming ma? How have things been recently? Busy? ‘The top horizontal stroke is longer. 9 strokes 7 IF IF |F I€ 8373 yang appearance Full form 7, The full form consists of 3 parts: wood A, sheep “, and permanent 7k. It was the name of a type of soft wood, resembling oak. Thus the idea of like manner. Radical: 7 ‘tree’ Character components: 4% + Index #81 Character configuratio ne ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. AE ying appearance JL MM, HE AS RS ‘nisin méi jammin, thai shi na ge yang. It’s years since I last saw him, but he still looks the same. 2. SAH aénmeyang — what's it like? AE AR tt 12 ‘Zaijin zEnmey’ng, ming ma? How have things been recently? Busy? 3. FEF yangzi appearance ik RA HET ‘Zhe jidn dayi de yangzi hén hiokan. This coat is well cut. “HP yiyng the same efi] eas HM HE. ‘Tamen xidngdi xiéngmao yiyang. ‘The brothers are alike in appearance. HEH huaying variety ik ees aig RS, Zh ji fizhuingdidn hudying hEndud. ‘There isa great variety of styles in this boutique shop. The last stroke of Ax should be written firmly. 10 strokes ~ tit la |r 74 ZN Oe fi father ‘The character was a pictograph of the right hand holding a cane, From this it came to mean the head of a family or father. Radical: 2 ‘father’ Index #94 Character component: Character configuratiot u ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 father 4, MA nf paternal grandfather voi PB, KR 6 SC tlt Te Yigiin 23i Zhonggué, zhingxiGng ding f. ‘Taide riff qos le. Formerly in China, the oldest brother assumed His paternal grandfather has passed away. the authority of the father. aaa 5. MA fifa stepfather RH fagin father ANE SC He AH, | RV 4 A NIB, Taide fifa dui tf bicud, ‘Wo fgin dui Zhonggué hén yu xinggd. His stepfather is quite nice to him. My father is very interested in China. 3. RAE fama | FRA R Coe AiR, 2Xi8 ge yu8 w0 fami ylo gi Hixing. [Next month my parents are going on a trip. ‘The last stroke tapers off. 4 strokes \F IR 2 |2> | | | 85mii mother The character was derived from a pictograph of a seated woman, The two dots represent the breasts. It means mother. _ Radical: ‘mother’ Character component: Index # 108 Character configuration: 1. 8 mii female (animal) st) He AY BA AE a Nide gu shi ging de hishi mi de? Is your dog male or female? 2. ABR miigin mother HK AR ONY HR I HH, ‘WS miigin zud de flincdi zui hock. ‘My mother cooks the best meals: 3. AE famit parents FA RRL A oer. Xia ge yu w6 filmi yao qi Itxing. Next month my parents are going on a trp. ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings $i mya mother tongue Heike fey i, Yingyi shi wode mya English is my mother tongue. SPHLRE waiziimii maternal grandmother Ht) HH OK AT BLE, ‘Tide wiizimi méitiin dX tijiquin, His grandmother practices taichi every day. ‘The second stroke ends with a hook. Lae | 8676 ZAIN gia kin Full form cor The full form contains 3 parts: stand 3, tree AK, and see Ji. It signifies a person standing on a tree eager to see his loved one. Radical: 1. ‘erect’ Character components: 4). + 7 Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. gin close, intimate HE AL ILA ‘Wo he jidjie zui gin. I'm very close to my older sister 2. HA. qinrén kin ete PIR ORATOR? [Ni 2ai Zhonggué you méiy@u qinrén? Do you have any relatives in China? 3. 3G fgin father Ea ee ce Wo fuigin dui Zhonggué hén you xingqi. My father is very interested in China. Index # 111 Character configuration: HER migin mother FSR BCA) TGR Ak Jane, Wo migin zu de flncdi zui hoch. ‘My mother cooks the best meals 3K qingi relatives i) OR RM. ‘Women ling ji shi qingi. Our two families are related, ‘The middle horizontal stroke is the longest. 9 strokes >| [+ 877 TA Full form al ‘The full character combines speech 7 with bowed body 41. It suggests the idea that one should thank people with bowed body. It means to thank. Radical: i ‘word? Character components: i + 4} Index #9 Character configuratio ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, ii xi@ thank Ail itt. Bayong xid. Don’t mention it [lterally, no need to thank] 2. Wi xiexie thank itt fh. Xiéxie nk. Thank you. 3. SIM dudxi2 many thanks Sim, AED Dudxie, zaijidn! Thanks a lot, good-bye! ‘BiH ginxié thank a Ail ‘Many thanks, WMH xietian-xiedi thank heavens (literally, thank heaven and earth) THAI, BR aA Xidtidn-xiédi, méi faishéng shigi. Thank goodness, there was no accident. The ninth stroke is downward-left. 12 strokes “a aq \a4 8878 shén body The character is a pictograph depicting a man with a pot belly walking on his short legs. It means body. Radical: 14 ‘body’ Character component: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. SE shén body, oneself | eK Ae, | Sen i akg Wi | When you're happy you don't know it 2. SHI shiner health HOE ATLL MR SHE, ‘Tidowii kéyl duanlian shént, Dancing can improve your physique. 3. Sp shénshang (carry something) on one te Hb HER mye [Ni shénshang you Tinggi ma? Have you got any change on you? Index # 168 Character configuration: Pt shéncdi body line EN SH HR, ‘Wing Fei de shéncti mifotifo, Faye Wong has a slim figure. SiH shén'gio stature Eo 9 BH ORAR OK ‘Wang Fei shén’ gio yidisnliawil mi. Faye Wong is 1.65 meters tall The third stroke ends with a hook. 7 strokes “TE 99/4 8919 tf body Full form isa The full form combines bone #f and the phonetic # to suggest the idea of body. The simplified form uses person { and foundation 7 to give the same meaning. Radical: Character components: { ‘upright person’ fae Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ® a syleof writing 5 AE tt, te NI xié de shi shénme 11? Whar style of calligraphy are you writing? 2. SEHK shanti health ERE ATLL AR tb, ‘Tidowa kéyl duanlian shént Dancing can improve your physique. 3. HL twén body temperature st OBI «39, RAE T, [Nie twén shi sinshijid dd, fashdo le, You have a fever, your temperature is 39 degrees Index #19 Character configuration te {6/1 oh bodily strength ey fe RHR. ‘Yandong néng zEngajiing th. Sports can build up your strength AWK tite considerate fit METAR (IM. ‘Ta dui qizi hn tie. He's very considerate to his wife. ‘The bottom horizontal stroke is shorter. 7 strokes 7 AT et RRL 9080 ah dowdi all; city The character combines city & with people # to indicate a large city or capital. From the meaning of general capital of all ‘di? is evolved the idea of all with a different pronunciation: ‘dou’. Radical: [5 ‘right ear-lobe? Character components: # + / Index #28 Character configuration: Co Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, M6 dou all KE MH AT mh dou dao le ma? Iseverybody here? 2. MINT dash city bie BK Abit Shanghai shi yi ge da dish. Shanghai isa big city HM shouda capital city jeg PR] OY TAB, ‘Béijing shi Zhonggu6 de shduda. Beijing is the capital of China ‘The first stroke of § looks like the figure 3. 10 strokes - | it ee IF otQuiz 8 (71-80) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning (Se ast] OTST ET | fesnyane — how ez (ii) bE | fe) tea Te] 8] #[@[e] ” | L | B. CONVERT the following pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. Some of the characters you need can be found in the 16-character grid above, the rest in the grid of the last character set. (i) | Ni fami shénti hao ma? (ii) | Tamen dou hén hao, xiexie, (iii) | Nide Hanyu zénmeyang? \iv) | Hai hao, xiexie. | fy ! | C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ Gi) GARE parents #8 shi health St variety 4K wen thank-you aie appearance te body temperature ay what's it like? ak strength : female (animal) St cai capital hua ## relatives 4 gio city HK qi mother tongue inti body height ai same shou #8 body shape 9281 Ah na that ‘The character represented the state far in the west of Sichuan. Later it was borrowed to denote thither. It means that. Radical: [5 ‘right ear-lobe’ Character components: 1 + 6 Index # 28 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 Mona that BE ite Na shi shéi/shui? Who is that? WA nage that one BRT TR, Na ge hiizi hin ke That child is cute. 3. 94 name in that way Hl ER BA tR, MRE Bié zdude nime kudi, hiobuhio? Don't walk so fast, okay? Wi nabian over there ie RA Mm fe MBL. Qing ba dingai fing zai nabian. Please put those things over there JAMIUIS cng niet since then AA ABIL MB Ot ML BT Céng nar qf , t jit yongxin nidnshii le. He's been studying hard since then. ‘The fifth stroke looks like the number 3. 6 strokes 7 [a 2 8 [RRR 9382 Full form FA #8 / 32 There are two full forms of this character: #! and HE . Both forms combine clothing * with inside ©. to suggest lining or inside. The simplified form uses only the latter component. O Radical: 4! “inside” Index # 163 Character component: # Character configuratio: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, HL inside 4. HUH Mbian inside RER A RP ME Bh fA? Jali mai ren, Zhe ge xidngri libian you shénme? ‘There is no one home. What's inside this box? 2. MH ali where? 5. 43% Hitow inside te WL Ase RD MF BAH th? NI shang nali qa? ‘Zhe ge xidngzi Titou you shénme? Where are you going? What's inside this box? 3. XM chal here Fei] RB RM HR A ‘Women zhelf de dongxi hén pisinyi. (Our merchandise is inexpensive. | The bottom horizontal stroke is slightly longer. 7 strokes i jolelelelple 9483 Jb & son Full form The full form comes with a head and two eyes Jd. In simplification, only the lower part of the body JL is retained. Radical: Jl ‘son’ Character component: JL Index #21 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, JL. & suffix (transcribed as 1) 4 Je BIL | Niganae? Where are you going? 2 ILE ei son RU INE OE AY. Wode da érzijinnisn ershilin sui le. ‘My eldest son is 26 this year. 3. JL& Emil sons and daughters RAIL A KK RA To Wode éril dbu zhiingda chéngrén le. My children have all grown up. ILI Ergé children’s song, SR RET — BLK “Tintin w0 xuéle yi shou Erg. learnt a nursery rhyme today. JL Ext6ng children jk HE JL BEBE. ‘Zhe shi értdng yiyuan. This is a children’s hospital Note the difference between JL and JL. 2 strokes J pb! 95a child The character represents a baby with a large head and both arms extended. It means a child. Radical: ‘child’ Character component: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Fz noun suffix AF 22 lat, PO, Zhausci shi jidde, yizi shi xinde, The desk is old but the chair is new. 2. RF hid child RN BE Zhe ge hii hn tho. This kid is very naughty. 3. Fk inl sons and daughters WER AY A a Fee ARR Wilshinindai de rén da dou zind chénggén. In the 50s, most people had lots of children Index # 67 Character configuration: F nisin descendants PEA A Ra PAN Zhongguorén jido ait Yénhoang zisin. The Chinese people call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor. HF qui wife ROR MH, RR RRT. ‘W5 léi jitshio, zhé shi wo qizi. Let me introduce my wife ‘The second stroke is a vertical hook. 3 strokes 715 lFT 9685 ni female ‘The character was derived from the figure of a woman in a graceful pose. Thus the character came to mean woman. Radical: “ ‘female’ Character component: & Index # 65 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, Se nll female ‘bi fy de RB At. ‘Zhonggué de nil yindongyuan dou hén chisé. The female Chinese athletes are outstanding. JL nie daughter RIL bie Hm WA. Wo nil'é zai Shanghiijido Yingyi. ‘My daughter teaches English in Shanghai. 3. KA nllgidngrén a strong woman Bde UBT tk LBA, ‘Xianzai nbaizi xihuan dang niigiéngrén. These days girls want to be strong women. 4 nlishéng female student eG RE BE B, Xué yByén de niishéng bi ndnshéng dus. Female language students outnumber male students, 41 fant) woman RK RH OK, WS migin shi jdting zi. My mother isa housewife. End the first stroke firmly. 3 strokes Rae 9786 A nan male The character combines field fH with strength 41 to express the idea that men do the strenuous work in the rice fields. Radical: fl ‘field’ or Hi ‘strength’ Character components: fH + /) Index # 119 Index #31 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Bnd man RED PR ‘Women jili nn ni pingdéng. Jn our household, we have equality ofthe 2. BBL ninhsir boy BBL wee ‘Niinhiir bijido tog. Boys are more mischievous. 3. NWSE nénpéngyou boy friend a ‘Ta gén nanpéngyou zhi zai yigl. She lives with her boy friend. WE nan’gioyin tenor Att a Ba ‘Tade shéngyin shi nén’gioyin, He's a tenor BWP nancésud men’s toilet a ANF. Nabidin you ndncésud. There’s a men’s toilet over there. Finish the top component first. 7 strokes \ |D |F | w\)e dg SS 9887 & hai child The character combines child £ with cough % to suggest the presence of a child by the sound of coughing. Radical: ‘child’ Character components: £ + % Index #67 Character configuratio i ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. bi child (usually used with suffix zior |e ik TT i Zhe ge hiizi hn tdogi. ‘This child is very naughty. 2. BBL nanhair boy BL wee ‘Namba bijido téogi. Boys are more mischievous. 3. BF nbhaizi girl BRP ABE RB, Zhe ge nihdizi hn cOngming. ‘This girl is very clever BEM bakizigh childish PAY TS BA BE NT yifing shilid sui le, bié nde hsizigi! You shouldn't be so childish, you're 16 now! BEFIB sizihua childish tak fi FAY TAR BP [NT yifing shia sui le, bie shud haizihuat You shouldn't talk like a child, you're 16 now! ‘The last stroke ends firmly. 7 |i fa |e |g |g |3e |3% 9 strokes 9988 Z A gdu dog In this character, the animal radical 4 combines with the phonetic ‘7 to give the idea of dog. Radical: ‘animal’ Character components: 4 + “) Index #58, Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HW gdu_ dog RO KM A A A, ‘Wormen jid de gbu shi ging de. Our dog is a mate. 2. ANB xitogdu puppy RA sy KOT, ‘Zhe zhi xilogou zhén ke’ ai. This puppy is really cute. 3. AHA miigou female dog, bitch RA HH EH RET. ‘Zhe zhi miigbu ying hEn lio le. ‘This female dog is quite old. WIE gouxiong black bear a ae (Gouxi6ng you shihou chi rén, Black bears sometimes eat people. HAE gbopi_rubbish (tray, dog's fart ee A RE i. ‘Zhe pin wenzhang xiéde goupi batong. The article is mere rubbish. 8 strokes 10089 bp ABH se Full form Hi In the simplified form, the animal radical 1 combines with the phonetic # to give the idea of cat. The word mao sounds like a cat miawing. Note the full form uses a different radical which also means ‘animal’. Radical: 4 ‘animal’ Character components: 4 + iif Index # 58 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Mi mio cat ze AME OH, ‘Zh zhi mio shi ging de. This is a tomcat 4E% miimio female cat R oe ET ‘Zhé miimao hén lio le. This female cat is quite old 3. Afi xidomio Kitt | RAE vay Ae HT ‘Zhexis xidomio tai ke"ai le! ‘These kittens are so cute! 4. KM} daxiéngmio panda REA PH BF KiB Wo yo qi Zhinggué kin daxiéngmao. want to g0 to China to see the panda IM mdotwuying owl LM We ER Miotouying chi Hoshi. (Owls eat rats. The second stroke is a curving hook. 11 strokes 10190 Full form H © ZN abi [classifier] The full form combines bird {£ and again X to represent the classifier for animals. In simplification, the phonetic F{ is used. See also zhi in character #200. Radical: [1 ‘mouth’ Index # 50 or /\ ‘eight’ Index # 17 Character components: [1 + /\ Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings LS ahi classifier RMR Aw. Zhe zhi mao shi ging de. This is a tomcat. MUL Litng zhi Mobu (“Two Tigers”) is a well-known children’s song, Bie, Ses eH mL, Liting 2ht oho, ling 2h Woh; Yizhi méiyou yanjing, Two tigers, wo tigers; One has no eyes, J6iH th. Bt, AH Re: Pode kuai, pode kuai; ‘Yi zhi méiyou wéiba; ‘They run fast, they run fast; ‘One has no tail; Heme) OR arty ‘Zhen qiguai! Zhén qiguai! I It's really strange! It’s really strange! ‘The last stroke finishes firmly. 5 strokes “PF 102Quiz 9 (81-90) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally from left to right or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure, COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning [rele lle] Of HF] R] | [rama Yooy ba) la| a|e [ua] | Eacleacae It B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. (i) | Ni gége you méiyou haizi? (ii) (ii)|_Nijia you méiyou gou? (iv)| Méiyou, wo jid you yi zhi mao. C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ co) JLF daughter AE WB JL strong woman bin aL descendants BF Gi ¥ sin where 5B cesus & qgiang A son, xiao Bi & shéng boy friend Hh bian APL female student ik HA boy daxiong 4h here female dog men’s toilet panda over there childish inside kitten 10391 da big ‘The character depicts a person standing with arms outstretched, giving the idea of big. Radical: X ‘big’ Character component: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% da big HE WRAL KO. Ba shOuyinji kai dayidizin. Turn the volume of the radio up a bit 2. AF dashéng loudly i Woe iif. ‘Qing big dashéng shuohua. Please don’t speak so loudly. 3. KH dajid everybody it AR BHF, Qing dajia mobo. Please be seated, everyone. Index # 43 Character configuration: HM daxido size (literally, big small) Kk OR RK IE Gi. ‘These shoes fit me perfectly. AME dagai_ in general ROR MT KM. Wo zhi zhidao ge dagai. Thave only a general idea. ‘The last stroke tapers off. 3 strokes [FR 10492 J xio small The character represents a large object being divided into two small objects. It means small. Radical: |» ‘small’ Character component: /). Index # 49 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Ay xi ile BEM Ay. ‘WO bi ni xito, I'm younger than you. “”sitt xidioshi hour KR LH NA et, ‘W% méitian gongzud ba ge xidoshi. I work eight hours every day. 3. NIKE xisoshihou in one’s childhood ik ib ute ay HUF. Zh shi tf xikoshthou de zhdopian, These are her childhood photos. ADMé xifocht snacks Ae AY ne ‘Beijing de xiochi hén chiming. Beijing is famous for its snacks. “vay xitoxin be careful (literally, little heart) Oh Gud mala yao xidoxin, Be careful when crossing the road. ‘The middle stroke ends with a hook. J fl fb 10593 sul age in years Full form DY The simplified form combines hill Ill and evening 4 to give the idea of age in years. Radical: 11 shill? or ¥ ‘sunset’ Character components: {| + 7 Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Y sui age in years ee OE EY, Li ioshi jinniin wishigi sul Teacher Li is 57 years old, | 2. Y' suishd age (used in question) & oS KYM T? [Nin jinn dud da suishi le? How old are you? [question directed at older people as sign of respect] ‘The dot is written last. Index #53 Index #56 Character configuration ©Y nidnsul age wR ET FY HA ‘Ta shi shingle nidnsui de rén. He is a person who is getting on in years. BH suiyud years YAR Soiyué ba ja. Time and tide wait for no one 6 strokes PEPE 10694 [ lL bi compare ‘The character represents the figure of two persons standing side by side when comparing heights. It means compare. Radical: tt ‘compare’ Character components: f + & Index # 86 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. He BE compare to ee ee Wo bi wo gége xido Liang sui. 'm2 years younger than my brother. HB bijido comparatively Rok # HA th aij w0 bjido ming. I've been busy of late 3. He bisdi_ competition “it Fi 7S UREN, th he Sinwan yu yi ge aig bis, nf kin ma? Are you going fo watch the soccer match tonight? Wea bifng analogy TA Hh AAT HIT he Keyl gti w0 da ge bifing ma? Can you give me an example? WALL bibushang not as good as Fi) TE RE th Wode Hanya bibushang t8. My Chinese is not as good as his. ‘The first stroke is a vertical lift. 4 strokes L |e |e |rG 10795 WN oo The character combines person { with cause ti which signifies that a person causes something to happen by doing or making. Radi Character components: { + i! + X 4 ‘upright person’ Index #19 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. md do, make ik FERAL 9 U2 ‘Ze shi ni zijf 20d de ma? Did you do/make this yourself? 2. HSE mdeai cook th LK i A ie. ‘Ta zhangfu hn hut zudcai. Her husband is very good in cooking, 3. fie zudshi_ work fh ee A UGE. ‘Ta midshi mudde hén rénzhén, He does his work conscientiously. |. WEE zud shéngyi do business Reem HEM. ‘Wo baba zud shéngyi de. My father isa businessman, WF mdmeng dream Hewe PR fk Pa BF. Zubwiin w0 mde yi ge képa de méng. Thad a terrible dream last night. ‘The last stroke tapers off. 11 strokes fe 4B | A A BK 10896 LE et ous The character depicts an ancient carpenter’s square from which the meaning of work was derived. Radical: T. ‘work’ Character component: I. Index # 39 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. TL gong work LMA RR, A ATT He ‘lagi de shihou, td qh diging zheng Bit h. Tinghuagién. Daring the holidays, he does menial work to cea some pocket money. Tf gingrwd work i ok Ata Lee Nizud shéame gongzud? What work do you do? 3. TBE gingzi wage or salary —T AM Le H Bd Yi ge yu? de g6ngzi you duéshao? What's the monthly wage? EW gongyé industry RE IW SR PH Znall gongye wardn hén yinzhong. Industrial pollution is quite serious here. TJ” gongching factory KR I ter jamb. Za jia gOngchng shéngchin yindongrié. This factory manufactures sport shoes. ‘The second horizontal stroke is slightly longer. 3 strokes aca 109zud do, make ‘The character combines person { with ‘F which represents the idea of a cut being made by a person, and so means to apply work to or make. Radical: { ‘upright person’ Character components: { + Index #19 Character configuration: | Compounds, sentences and meanings |. fF aud work 4 RA MR BA RE Zt ‘Zhe bén xidoshud shi tide chéngming zhi zud, This novel is the work that made herfamous. 2. HR mdjia writer 5. RM Be Hs Wo céngrito jid xing ding zudjia. I've wanted o be a waiter since Iwas small. 3. HEX mown essay RRM MEE MY HE. ‘Zhe shi yi pidn xidioxuéshéng de zudwen. This is an essay by a school child. {HM zaby® assignment SK HH A HE oO, ‘Jintian de zudyé hai méi zud ne. Thaven’t done today’s assignment yet #6 zudyBng_ intention fe ik MIR HHA ff ‘Ta shud nf ji hua you shénme zudyong? Whar was his intention in saying that? ‘The top horizontal is longer than those below it. 7 strokes 7 Wr EE 110yi cure, treat Full form The simplified form takes the top left component of the full form as it is often the case in simplification Radical: [ Character components: [~ + %& ‘3-sided frame (open at the right)’ Index # 13 Character configuratior te Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. BE yi cure, treat be AEAWA AH BERS ZhOngyt ba tae bing yihio. ‘The Chinese doctor cured him. Disk ishing doctor (WR AE AE, 8 PRS Ti shi naiké yishéng, b6 zud shoushi. He's a physician, he does not operate 3. KRIPF yiwasud clinic GR EH RE Ay Tintidin yiwasud you héndud rén, There are lots of people in the clinic today. KBE yiyuan hospital ial, 3) BE EA ike ‘Qingwen, dao yiyuan 28ame zu? Excuse me, how do you get to the hospital? BEAL yikZ medical courses in general ih eR EA, ‘Ta zai daxué nian yiké, ‘She studies medicine at university ‘The second stroke is made up of vertical and horizontal lines. CIZE\EIE & 11199 HE shéng birth, life ‘The character depicts a growing plant. Radical: ) ‘downward-left stroke’ Character component: /t Index #4 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. #E shng give birth to i ET AAs. Wo ji de mao shéngle sin zhi xitomio. Our cat gave birth to three kitens 2. EAL shéngt birthday SR iy “hep ‘Tintin shi shéide shéngri? Whose birthday is it today? 3, Mis shénget new word ROR YT HD tid, Wo jintin xuéle wi ge shingcs. I've learnt five new words today. AEM daxuéshéng university student RE KE WR AR. ‘Méigué daxuéshéng hén ziyu. American students havea lot of freedom AGP shingchiin manufacture we OT ee ea. ‘Zhe ji gingching shéngchin yinddngxié. This factory manufactures sport shoes. ‘The bottom horizontal stroke is the longest. 5 strokes ? le lel] 112100 y d ming busy The character combines heart * with the phonetic T- to indicate the activities related to being busy. Radical: { ‘upright heart” Character components: { + 0 Index #33 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. tt ming busy @ tt. Wo zuijin hn ming. I've been very busy lately 2. AEE miingzhe busy with something fh TE tha take me, ‘Ta zhing mingzhe mubfin ne. He's busying hiraself preparing the meal. 3. HEA. mingrén busy person WERK A, ‘Ti shi ge di mangrén, He's a very busy man. The last stroke is a vertical bend. 4. FEAR mingla be busy ah aT AR, SRE ‘Ta mnglale yf ge shingwa, jiégué ba fancai Sie mudhibo. ‘She was busy all moming, and eventually got the cooking done. 5. fH bangméng help fhe qe A ABE. ‘Ta lsi zhio rén bangmeing, He came for help. 6 strokes | eR PLE 113Quiz 10 (91-100) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning re) Bla) O | AL a daxido size x ay) 4) #/ a Z| FAR HE) Gy # le [213] a | B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character into characters and check the English meaning in the Key. gtid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases ( | Nijigjie 2u6 shenme gongzud? i) | Tade gingzuo mang bumang? |(iii)| Ni gége bi ni da ji sui 7 tiv) Ni m@imei bi ni xiao ji sui? | C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ 1s shi K sng B shiv tt jiao HORE Ht sai “si A jia 114 age in years competition hour everybody compare puppy not as good as loudly Gi) La dt BE fi cai bang I {tk shéngyi Ltt help cook do business wage/salary new words university student doctor workCHARACTER BUILDING 2 (51—100) A. Memorize the following radicals and their English names, As a review exercise, write the pinyin spelling and meaning. 1. [—] ‘horizontal stroke” TE ( ) Fa ) 2. [J] ‘downward-left stroke” ( > 5 HL ) AC ) 3. Lil ‘word it ( yi ) (i ( ) ; iu ( )— 5 AO ) 4. [A] ‘eight’ A (y(t) 5. [4] ‘upright person’ HI ) 3 fF ( ) tK ( ) 5 Hi ( ) 6 [6] ‘right ear-lobe” AB ) 3 AB ( ) 7. [2] 3 drops of water’ BR ( ) 5 ) 8 [~*~] ‘roof’ R ( ) raeat ) : 9. [iL] ‘movement’ 3K ( ) se (_) 3 10. [Is] ‘small” Ay (ty ts ) i. LH) ‘mouth? H( ) A ) 3 Ji ( ) +H ( ) 12, [4] ‘animal’ AH ( —— 5 Bi ( ) 11513. [%&] “female” & ( ) 3 Hh ( ) hey ts ) HK ( ) 14. [#] ‘child’ F ( ) 5 ( ) : B ( d 1s. [0] ‘heart’ & (ys RC ) 16. [2] “father” RB ( ) > ) 17. [A] ‘moon/flesh’ i ( ys ) » Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters classified under the following 1 ‘horizontal bend hook” wo ) 2. ‘three-sided frame Be ¢ ) (open at the right)” 3. [JL] ‘son’ JL (___) 4. (JL ] ‘how many’ a os) 5. [HJ ‘strength’ B (___) 6 [t] ‘upright heart” si ( ) 7. [LL] ‘work’ rT ¢ ) 8 [1b] ‘napkin? i ¢ ) 9. [i] ‘har y ) 10. [ 4] ‘double upright person’ 4k ( ) M1. [A] ‘tree’ # ( ) 12. [6] ‘compare’ tt ( ) 13. [32] ‘erect’ m ( ) 14. [ &] ‘mother? e ( ) 15. [%] ‘old’ & C ) 16. [4] ‘body’ a ( ) 17. [#] ‘inside’ a ¢ ) 116C. Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters which share the following components. (Note that these components are not necessarily used as radicals.) 1 [FI (—— ) oF ( ) F (i) B ( ) IE ( ) 2 CJL] JL ¢ ) JE ( ) 3. [th] th ¢ ) Hh ( ) a REVIEW 2 (51-100) The following are words classified under parts of speech. Write the pinyin and meaning Pronouns FRA] ( ) 5 BTA ( ) Mil (___) 3 Pili ¢_) fBATT ( ) fiery (__ AAT] ( ) 3 AUATTAN ( ) Demostrative 3K ( ) dec) Lee EDIA( ) eH ( ) AB ) ABE ( ) AIL ) ABE ( ) Interrogative iff A ( ) 5 AL ¢ ) Carnet ) 3 BA ( ) JERE ( ) EAR ( ) (__) We (__) Nouns LH ( ) 3 BER ( ) Q(t) 3 BAT ( ) HELA ( ) + BB ( ) SRK ( ) WH (_ ALL ( ) R ( ) HR ( ) 5 RR ) AK ) ; BF(__ dd 3 JLF ¢ ) w)L(___) 3 AK ( ) ei (dy BA(_ +) ABE ( ) 7 WM ¢ ) MH (ty) 1B ( > LF ( )Verbs 4 ( ) WAC) i(_____) te (a) Adjectives 58 ( ) ee *(___) 5 DC) te(__) Adverbs ABR ( ) y G ) Conjunctions i ( ) 3 t(___y»y @®(____) Numbers Fi ( ) Classifiers 1 ( ) 3 AC ) Noun phrases PEA ( ) RAMA ( ) 3 HAN ( ) 3 WEE ( ) ee ( ) KEE ( ) BEE ( ) RK ( ) ; EMR ( ) 5 AMR ( ) KR ( ) WORD/SENTENCE PUZZLE 2 Find and CIRCLE words, phrases or sentences hidden in the puzzle. They can be found horizontally from left to right or vertically. The lines across and down are indicated by numbers. Write the meaning next to the pinyin. The first one is done for you. ACROSS (left to right) 2. Ni you ji ge xidngdi jigmei? 5. Ta shud Hanyii bi wo shud de hao. 7. (i) baishi 7. Gi) liang ge gongzud 9. nanhai 10, héndud xidioxuésheng hé zhongxuésheng 12. Zhe zhi gou hén da, 13. xidéomao How many brothers and sisters do you have? 118DOWN 1, TS fiimii shénti hén hao. 3. Ni hui shud Hanyd ba hui? 4. niixuéshéng 6. Wé you liding zhi mao hé yi zhi gou. 8 9 9. 1 . erdi (i nanshéng ). (ii) daxiao 0. xidoméi fells) elalwl+]atoulo 2} 47 | at (te [a foul a foe] | ae | aR) alata leleclale] se] ale jalélualalalel/alelela s| Re | BE] | GH] re) | GE] Oy | HE] Jalelelatlelalelelela Jalelal2lelals]zlela SF) B/S H|/ S| Rol Rl ala jJalelelelelale lal ale » esl o>) elelel ele] ala wale) slelal—ls]elely Ae mlalylalalalalx|s alm le) ela) me] el ae fae 119101 FH! xiin appear Full form Eh The character combines king and see JIL. to suggest the idea that when the king appears everyone is watching. Radical: + ‘king’ or SL ‘see” Character components: ¥ + Jl Index #79 Index #93 Character configuration: | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, BL xian appear fh ht RAT Re, Ta litinshang xianchile xidoréng. A smile appears on his face. 2. BME Bide JL Xitnzai jt iam le? Whats the time now? Te 3. Bik vitnjin cosh (literally, ready money) We ATLL Be Re INI kéyi géi xianjin ma? Can you pay cash? BUR xiinchéng ready-made eik RMA HT, i HB, Dingzud yifu tai gui le, mai xianchéng de ba. Tes too expensive to tailor-made clothes, let's buy ready-made ones. AL diloxiin behavior fh SK 9 LR HE, Ti jintian de bioxian hin ho, He's behaving very well today. The last stroke is a vertical-bend hook. 8 strokes “|= JF |E |B zn |g 120‘The character signifies grass coming out of the ground +. . It came to mean exist. Radical: +: ‘earth’ Character components: 7 + | + + Index #40 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 ai at 4 th fe te ha? \Nizha zai nat? | Where do you live? 2, AE zai ji at home ROR RE KE Wo jintian winshang bi zi ji. won't be home tonight 3. 4EP¥ zainéi_ included KER EN HH RAD AL Lin wo zaindi yigdng shi ba ge rén. Including me, there are altogether eight people. 49h rhiwai excluded HK RAR, MRR ESN. Zhe shi fangién, fawafei That's the price of the meal exclusive of | service charge. ‘SEfE shizai really RTE HK Hit, ‘WO shizai ba zhidao, Treally don’t know. 6 strokes 121103 Full form = ati JNN\ iin dot ‘The four dots of fire in the left component, black /% of the full form Mf, are moved over to the right component, occupy 7, to give the simplified form 54 Radical: _....‘4 dots of fire’ Index #71 Character components: | + Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, Rk ditin a little 4. Ri3K_ didincdi choose dishes from a menu th OR MF To aye ie ‘Ta jintian hio didn le. Kyi ditincai le. He's a bit better today. We're ready to order now. | 2. HPA} wit dit ling qifén 5:07 5. 43k diintéu nod one’s head Me TA EER ES Ak TS XidinzAi wi din ling qi fen. ‘Ta yifing didntou le. It’s now seven minutes past five He’s already ok'd it 3, WRAL Wandin — behind schedule eH MAT. Féiji wind le. The plane is late. Note the way the dots are drawn. 9 strokes a 122104 srt zhong clock Full form Bie The full form represented the old idea of a bell made of metal 4 as big as a boy Hi which ‘was used to tell time, The phonetic 'f* is used in simplification. Radical: ‘metal’ f+ Character component Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. $F zhong clock LM TH RE GR Hh ‘Song liwa giénwin baydo sing zhong. When buying a gift, be sure that it is not a clock. (Note that the homonym of song zhong is: songahing ‘attend upon a dying person’.) | 2. AGF dianzhdng o'clock | fh bE OR. | Ta shingwa shi dianzhong lai. He’s coming here at 10 a.m. Index # 122 Character configuration “iS! yikezhOng 15 minutes, a quarter of an hour RST — Abb Wo dingle yi kézhong. I waited for a quarter of an hour. $3 zhOngtou hour RET ST Bk HR. Wo kale sin ge zhingt6u didnsh. I've spent three hours watching television. HN zhongging be decply in love fw] A LH. ‘Taimen lng ge yi jin zhongaing. They fell in love at first sight. The fifth stroke is a vertical tick. 7 |F IA [4 [4 bai 123Ay fen divide The character combines /\ cut in two and 7J knife to give the meaning divide, Radical: /\ ‘eight’ Index #17 or 7] ‘knife’ Index #30 Character components: /\ + JJ Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings [1 A fen divide 4. SR fenbidn distinguish RR BS KM. fk ME SPH MR ik ‘Zhé yao fén sn ci chi. ‘Hén nn fénbidin shéi shi shéi fei. This medicine is tobe taken in three separate 11s hard to tell who is right and who is wrong. doses. 5. WAZ baifeaahisinsht 30% 2. AHH feazhong minute mR RT BAZESt, RH A RD, Fingai zhingle bifeazhisinshi, Wo wii fénzhdng jid builai. Rent has gone up 30 per cent. T'llbe back in five minutes. 3. Ab fenbie difference A thea Sele ‘You shénme fenbié? | What's the difference? Leave a gap between the top two strokes. 4 strokes N| DX 7a 124106 J Je [particle] ‘The character is generally used after a verb to indicate the completion of an action. It is also used to indicate the emergence of a new situation. Radical: ~ ‘horizontal bend’ Character component: J Index #5 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ¥ le (new situation). BALE LRT? ‘Xianzai jf diin le? What's the time now? 2. Y le (new situation) FMT. Xiayt le. It's starting to rain ‘The last stroke ends with a hook. T te (completed action). RPT Hott we. Wo xuéle yibai-2rshi ge Hanzi. I've learnt 120 Chinese characters 2 strokes 71T 125107 NIZ ban half The character depicted a cow + being split “” in half. It suggests dividing goods and generally means a half. Radical: J\ ‘eight’ or + ‘ten’ Character component: °*f: Index #17 Index #11 Character configuration: | ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% ban half RRB BED) Ai, (Cong zh qh yao ban (ge) xitoshi. t' take half an hour from here. “ibn halt OWE a ERT, Zhe xiang jtzi you yiban huaile. Half of this box of oranges is rotten. 3. fF yibaiban 150% SEE AY OD ob fe NT ARR Zhell de fEingjia shi niin nai zEngjiale yibaiban. Property values have increased one and a half times over the last ten years. 1TH showing signs of wear (literally, no longer new) Ci eee ee a ‘Ta chuanzhe yi shén banxin-bajit de yi The clothes he was wearing, though not shabby, were far from new. Kantian the day) RAL GRT ER BR Women tinle bantidn yé méi jiégud. We discussed the matier for along time but did not come to any conclusion. along time (literally, half ‘The bottom horizontal stroke is longer. 5 strokes [= ee 126108 chi eat The character combines mouth [1 and beg & to suggest the result of soliciting food. It means 10 eat. Radical: 1 ‘mouth’ Index #50 Character components: Hl + @ Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, ME chi eat 4. MEATK chibuxid not able to eat RWK Me PR RWAE WBE MK. Wo miitiin dou chi ge pinggu6. Wo chibuxia ling wan fan. Teat an apple every day. Tan’t eat two bowls of rice. 2. Wet chifin have a meal 5. WéM> chiki bear hardships (literally, eat a bitterness) ‘Women shénme shihou chifin? Ae ANH WET AR When do we eat? ‘Ta xitioshihou chile btsho ki 3, WEAF chidesi& be able to cat He suffered a great deal in his childhood. RAE WE Me Wo chidexia litng win fin. Lean eat two bowls of rice. The last stroke is a horizontal-bend-hook, 6 strokes vo fe ie fe? |e bee | 127109 Zio early The character depicted the sun Fi shining on the grass early in the morning. From this, it came to mean early, Radical: fl ‘sun’ Character components: [1 + + Index #90 Character configuration: | —| ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Th 2 early RH MMi TT. Wo zo zhidao le, Tknew that long ago. 2. MMi 2Hofan breakfast RRR We UL KR. ‘Wo ziofan chi ditnr shuigud. eat fruit for my breakfast. 3. HEE zloshang moming Re Hy ZAoshang ho! Good morning! SRE xHochén early moming ae SR Ta. ‘Z&ochén kingqi qingxin. The air is fresh early in the morning. 5. LH aliort at an early date RK AA HSL RA. ‘Zhi ni zor huifa jianking, Thope you'll get well soon. | ‘The bottom horizontal stroke is longer. 6 strokes V]o |")? /ale 128110 TH wa Full form. The character combines eat { and the phonetic FZ to give the meaning of cooked rice or meal. Radical: ‘food’ Character components: { + /Z Compounds, sentences and meanings th tt hF. Fan gidn xishéu. Wash your hands before meals. Rt HO A ER A AH, ‘Zhe ge fanguiin de fancai mde bicud. The food in this restaurant is quite good. 3. HL fangudinr restaurant “ee OM AK RAL. ‘Xuéxido duimian you yi ji finguanr. There's a restaurant opposite the school 1. fan meal 4, 2. SR fancai food 5. Index #59 Character configur: ‘UH fandian hotel R fe at ‘HN. Wo zhi zai Beijing Fandian, I'm staying at Beijing Hotel. JK mifin boiled rice RFK we TR Bi ORME. ‘WO pingchfing chi liang win mifan, Tusually eat two bowls of rice. 0 | The second stroke is a horizontal hook. 7 strokes T * 7 Tk Ue Ur | 129Quiz 11 (101-110) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning TEEPE] ©) RE xianzai now s/t le] @ | [ a) |e Gi) a | AP LAA] SOE B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. (® | Xianzai jr dianzhong le? (i) | Xianzai liadianban le. \Gi)|Nimen ji dian chi ziofan? (iv)) Women qididnban cht zaofan. C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. a) (ii) FA jin, minute —# half bido ae quarter hour oF tian early morning are cash ae food @ behavior REA bear hardship hour Fi chen boiled rice 2 o'clock $8 guanr along time difference TR cai unable to eat at home mi ffi restaurant 1301 EMT ow Full form H ‘The full form combines sun Fl with temple *¥ to represent a place where people used to keep track of time. In simplification inch “} replaces “to give the idea of an inch of the sun, Radical: i ‘sun’ Character components: H + ‘f Index # 90 Character configuratior oO ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings LE sh time AAR WB feet 02%, | ‘Daifu shud yao anshi chiyao. The doctor said to take the medicine atthe right time, Wi shijian time Ra Mid 7, RN ET. ‘Méiyéu shijidn le, women déi zu le. There's no time, we must be going. 3. IMME shihou time Bite HA the Te XiinzAi shénme shihou le? What's the time now? HHL shift opportunity fe ESA ATH, ‘Ta zai dengdai shi He is waiting for an opportunity. WHS shimao fashionable fh Foxe IMME YR, ‘Ta xihwan chuan shimao de fizhuang. She likes to wear fashionable clothes. ‘The last stroke ends with a hook. 7 strokes 1 |n |a ja fe-let 13112 Fe ‘hou time; wait The character combines person { , vertical stroke | and expect % to suggest an expectant atmosphere in which something is about to happen. Radical: { ‘upright person’ Character components: { + | + % ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. hou wait i Hh SIL. (Qing sho hou your. Please wait a moment. 2. WGK shihou time me tA tie TP Xitnzai shénme shihou le? What's the time now? 3. INH you shihou sometimes KA HR EB BH. ‘Wo you shihou qi kan dianying. Sometimes I go to see a movie. Index #19 Character configuration: 4. “UR qihdu climate fe mh MAY A, ‘Ta bd shiying 2hall de qihou. ‘He's not used to the climate here. 5. FIRE wenhdu give regards to FIR fh 2B. it eR (Qing dai we wenhdu nf fami. Please send my regards to your parents. Remember to write the third stroke. 10 strokes 7 A ee AR 132113 The bottom line represents the surface while the strokes above indicate something above the surface. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character component: | Character configuratior ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings — 1. E- shing most recent, last 4. EP shingwi am b EMS RH WL SR EE MAK. ‘Shang Xinggisin w6 you shir. Tintin shangwa feng hén da. Twas busy last Wednesday. I's quite windy this morning. 2. b shang goto 5. £4 shiingxué go to school te WILae WR BEE YT KR be T. (NI shang nar qi? ‘Xiohdi yljing wa sui le, gai shingxué le. Where are you going? The childs already five, she/he should be 3, Lili shingmian above aes a a Shii shngmian yu wode mingzi. My name is written on the book. ‘The top horizontal stroke is shorter. 3 strokes 1} F LE 133114 | xia below The bottom line represents the surface while the strokes below indicate something below the surface, Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Character component: F ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings LF xia next 4 F #8= RK ABIL Xia Xingajsdn wo you shit. T'il be busy next Wednesday. 2. Fld xiamian below 5 BA Fi A RH. ‘Tibido xidmian you shudming. There are captions below the chart 3. FRE xiaban get off work ORL FRE [NU jintidn jt diin xiaban? When will you be finishing work today? Index #2 Character configuration: “FF xidwit_aftemoon Fe fae Xiawi you léizhénys. There'll be thunderstorms in the afternoon, FW xidyi rain Shi FT. Waimian xiayé. 1's raining outside. End the last stroke firmly. 3 strokes “Pr TT] 13415 wil noon The character combines the component ’~ and the character + which indicates center to give the idea that when the sun is right in the center, it’s noon. Radical: ) ‘downward-left stroke” Character components: ) + + Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 / wi noon a a ‘Wa gin jidshi zhongwai yididn zhiqin. Forenoon is before 1:00 p.m. 444% zhdngwit noon a ee Wo gén td yu8hiio zhingwi jiinmin, I've arranged to meet with him at noon 3. ’P4i wifn tunch SR PH Me Hh? Tintin win chi shénme? What's for lunch today? | The bottom horizontal stroke is longer. Index #4 Character configuration: | 4F1 wiishui afternoon nap HA A FRE AD HR, ‘Zhongguérén yu wishui de xiguan. Chinese people have a habit of taking an afternoon nap. *Ffilwajién afternoon (adjective) a ae ee Xitnzai bosong de shi wilidn xinwén, We are now broadcasting the afternoon news. | 4 strokes ? [Ale 135,116 HE 4 win late, evening ‘The character combines sun Hand exempt to suggest that when one is free from the scorching sun, it is evening. By extension, it gives the idea of late. Radical: ‘sun’ Character components: H + % Index #90 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 R win late Be EIR AR mR agi hai bi wan. Tes stil not oo late t0 20. 2. WE winshang evening SR Be RW. ‘Tintin winshang wo qingke. I'm buying dinner tonight. 3. WME winfin evening meal SR wl EHR, Jintiin wanfin hin fEogshéng. Tonight's dinner is sumptuous. RIE winban evening shift KP Lf mw MRE, Zhe ge gingmd xiydo shing wanban. This job involves working night shifts. WRAL windifin behind schedule (train/bus/ plane/ferry) iL wee Te Feiji wanditin le, The plane is late. The last stroke is a vertical-bend-hook. 12 strokes 1 jn la ja |e? fa” 1367 The character combines walk iE and the phonetic © to suggest the action of rising. Radical: i ‘walk’ Index #156 Character components: # + C Character configuration: | |_| Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. & qi getoutofbed HR qi’ atleast Aine ia ot SAK BT. ‘ZAo-shui 240-qI dui shéntt ho. Early to bed and early to rise is good for the health, | 2. BWR qlchuing get out of bed SRR AME aa. ‘Jintiain wé liddiainban gichudng. I got up at 6:30 today. 3. Aa) qldng star Ye ah, aR Qiché qidong, qing zhuahio fishdu. ‘The bus is starting, please hold on to the andra Rt If RHE STAD fit ‘Zhé ge gOngmid qimi yao sin ge yue chi néng | winchéng. This job will take at least three months. HE yigi together RRB A me, Gen wo yigi qi kan didnying ba. Let's see a movie together. The last stroke is a vertical-bend-hook. 10 strokes -P? PRR 137118 KK. chuing bed The character signifies something made of wood A and is placed under the roof of a big house J~ . Thus, it means bed. Radical: J” ‘broad’ or AK ‘tree’ Character components: J” + A: Index # 36 Index #81 Character configuratior Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. DK chiiang bed 4 mil 2G Wk ‘Féngjifn i fingzhe liding zhing chung. There are two beds in the room. SEE chéangshang in bed 5. Kok WE KE BH. ‘Wo xihuan ting zai chuéngshang kanshii, like to read in bed. 3. JRA chdangdin bed sheet RMT. (Gai huan chusingdan le. The bedsheets need changing. AAR danréachuiing single bed K DR KF Wo juéde dinréochuing tai zhi. [ind that single beds are too narrow for me. SASK shuangrénchudng double bed RW He RAK. ‘Wo xihuan shui shudngrénchuéng. Like to sleep on a double bed. The last stroke tapers off. 7 strokes JF VF | | 1381g Hd . . ‘The character combines for ‘2 and the phonetic € to suggest the action of running. Radical: & ‘foot’ Character components: 2 + Index # 164 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 plo nun te EE AR, | ‘Ta piode hén kuai. She can run very fast, 2. MS plobd_jogsing fh OR RW RD. He jogs every morning 3. A plodto runway ec en Féiji zhéngzai podio shang xingshl. The plane is taxiing on the runway. |. SEAL ipso race fh 4a in Kiba Be, Ta jingchéng cinjid chéngjali stipao. He often takes part in long-distance races. KM chingpio long-distance running R BIT EE KM Kae, Wo canjidle wiigidn mi de chingpio. took part in a 5000 meter race. ‘The seventh stroke is a tick. 12 strokes T le le ly |e le ig 139120 AE ba step The character can be thought of as foot Ik and few “>, indicating the distance of one walking stride. Note that the lower part of the character “ loses the right dot. Radical: 1k: ‘stop’ Index # 88 Character components: |! +‘) Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. & ba stp 4, HI nba make progress PA ILE RET. WS WE RH, ‘Zhiyou jt ba 1a le. ‘Nixi8 Hanzi hén you jinba. It’s only a few steps away. You are making great progress in your |2 sme ba step, sage Chinese character writing. | th a ea I kT Cte, 5. IES zhiba_ out of bounds ‘Ta yOu bazhdu de jinxing gingzud. A be. She carries out the work systematically Yourén zhiba 3. WH jitobd footstep Ea ERR i A HE BM, ‘Zéulii shi qing fang ging jioba. Please walk softly. The last stroke sweeps down to left. 7 strokes rT TF a a \¥ 140Quiz 12 (111-120) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin ‘Meaning pet & | qichuang get ouf of bed Lae] we ¥ ha |e] br | & Ya [4s] Ss x | AR B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Ley. (@ | Nishénme shihou gichuang? (ii)| Wo qidianzhong gichuang. Gii)| Ni pao bu paobi? (iv)] Pao, you shthou pio. C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ anf jian itt kebi to A ARR qi fe AR et FE ik timetable climate time what time lunch afternoon am, sometimes di) ¥ yu F ban jin improve evening meal go to school race together raining finish work afternoon nap 144121 ANS 7 itm present The top part of the character suggests convergence from three directions and the lower part suggests everlasting. It came to mean present time. Radical: A ‘person’ Character components: A+ > + 7 Index #18 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 4 jin now, the present Wh MSE EUR FH, ‘Ta shud cOng jin yihou yao rénzhén xuéxi, He said he will study conscientiously from 2. YK fintian today SR & Fi Me ‘Jintién hui ma? Will it rain today? 3. FR jinwin tonight RF KER ‘Wo jinwain bai zai ia. 1 won't be home tonight. 4°6 jinnidn this year ROE Fe tx, ‘Wo jinnin ging kash xué Zhongwen. just started learning Chinese this year. AyKi jinhdu from now on #2 Ril Of th & wang women jinhou néng dud. Singyan. Thope we can have more exchange of experiences from now on. 4 is casily confused with ©. 4 strokes J INAIA 142122 KR tian day, sky ‘The character combines the characters the head of people — the sky. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ or K big? Character components: —+ and % to suggest something very big and above Index #2 Index #43 Character configuration: | ‘| Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% iin day RART. Tin bi 2iio le, It's getting late. 2. KA tiincki genius RAT A AK RA, Zhe hizi you yinyue tines. This child has musical talent. 3. KA ting weather SR ET K te intian tigi zhén bio. | The weather is really good today. AMR tidnrin nature He Mek IR RM, ‘Wo xihuan tidnrén jings2. like natural scenery. KS tiinahEn innocent, naive tk BAA GAR OTK, BR Ok [Ni ydo xidingxin zhéyng de hua, na ji ti RH Te tidazhéa le. If you believe that sort of talk, you're really naive. "FFE | The third stroke does not protrude over the top horizontal stroke. | 4 strokes 143123 AH ming bright The character combines sun [Hand moon }1 to express the idea of brightness. Radic: A ‘day? Character components: A+H Index #90 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ming bright, clear i eNO tat E> Ni ydu méiyéu wenming tide laiyi? Have you specifically asked him his reasons for coming? 2. WHT mingbai understand RK MA AMY ‘Wo bi mingbai nide yisi. I don’t understand what you mean. 3. WK mingtiin tomorrow Wee R MK WA BL Duibugi, wo mingtin méiydu kongr. Sorry, I'll be busy tomorrow. Witt mingxisn obvious xR Ae B-*+ eo, ‘Zhe hén mingxidn shi yi ge jidkou. This is evidently a pretext. WI mingzhi know perfectly well te WN A HN, OMA BE [NI mingzhi ta ba gloxing, weishénme hii yo its shud. You know quite well that he won't be happy to hear this, so why do you still say it? | The last stroke ends with a hook. 8 strokes, 1 |n ln la ja 144124 FA yué month The character is a pictograph which represents the crescent moon Radical: _/4 ‘moon/flesh’ Index # 103 Character component: }i Character configuratior O ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. A yué month 4. FAA xiage yué next month RY AWA BF H RM FA aH T. ‘Wode yué shurii shi wii qian yuan, ‘Women xia ge yue ji fangjia le. My monthly income is ¥5000. We'll be on holiday next month. 2. RANA che ge yud this month 5. N96 yuatiang moon RPA RH te ie EH Zhe ge yu w8 bijdo ming. “inwin de yubliang hn yun, I'm quite busy this month. ‘The moon is round tonight. 3. EAS shing geyu last month Ril bk PAK mT. ‘Women shing ge yu8 qi Iixing le. We went fora holiday last month. The last stroke ends with a hook. 4 strokes J IAA 145125 H day The character is a pictograph which represents the shape of the sun. Radical: 1 ‘sun’ Character component: 1 Index #90 Character configuration: LI Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 Hot day PA ATLA AR REY Ae ‘Shiyud-2rshiwiti shi wode shéngri. October 25th is my birthday. 2. HIM igi date KET Hb we ne [Ni wangle tiénshang nide chishéng rigi. You forgot to fill in your date of birth. 3. Hid sit diary Rh WH AMM. ‘Wo méiydu ji nif de xiguan. Idon’t have a habit of keeping a diary. H® riching daily EL A BOL AL OY ROE. ‘Zhexié dou shi richiing bixd yong de dongxi. These are all the daily needs. HAR Ribén Japan Wi RL AR RAP NI qiguo Ribén méiyu? Have you been to Japan? ‘The sealing stroke is written last. 4 strokes i i[niAlal 146126 nin year The character combines the idea of rice plant # and person bent over A, to represent the yearly harvest. Radical: ) ‘downward-left stroke’ Character component: 4F ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 4% niin year tie BR A RE ANP [NI shi ni niin qa MEigu6 de? Which year did you go to America? 2. 24F qanién last year OR A Rie OF Se A, Wo shi qhnifin kash xu8 tidowi de. I started learning to dance last year. 3. MEAL niin? age We BK MET? [NI dud di nif le? How old are you? Index #4 Character configuration: 4, 46M nidnging young 3k fd WUE FAD HR AFH, Zhe wei jidoshou Kangilai hén nidnging. This professor looks quite young. pay a New Year visit Fee keep RT ainifin zuiho bié wangle dai When paying New Year visits to friends, don’t forget to bring along some gifts. ‘The lowest horizontal stroke is the longest. 6 strokes 7 1* ]* [+ ele 1478 Sg Hr Kéng/kdng empty; leisure time ‘The character combines hole 7 and work -. to suggest a room which encloses space. From this came the meaning of emptiness. By extension, it means sky. Radical: 7X ‘cave’ Character components: 7< + T. Index # 110 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 11. 2 kong empty BOE EM. —TAL RH ‘Wil shi king de, yi ge rén yé méiyéu, ‘The room is empty; there’s no one there. 2. konggl air ME SY ok MH CChéngli kénggi wiirin hén yinzhong. Air pollution is very serious inthe city 3. 21M KGngtiéo air conditioning bk, Oh AAT Si ‘Tinlai, waimian hén ré, wali you kongtido. Come in, it’s hot outside, there's air | conditioning inside the room. 4, SIL kongr free time SR FFRA Bl Tintin xidwii wo you kongr. I'm free this afternoon, 5. $I kongxién leisure time Si SA Mm, RO Déng nf kongxin de shihou, women WK. ioliaotian. The next time when you're free, let’s chat. The bottom horizontal stroke is longer. 8 strokes TT Tits laps lope [ope [pe [pe / 7 ‘7 ‘2> 2 ae 148128 G kan see, watch The character expresses the idea of putting hand ¥ above eyes i in order to see clearly. Radical: Character components: ¥+ 4 Fi ‘eyes? Index # 118 A Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. A kan see, look at eK OH EA Be [NI dui 2ha jin shi 2énme Kain? What's your view on this matter? 2. AMG kan dianying see a movie Sh KK BY. Finwn w6 qi kan didnying. T'm going to see a movie tonight. 3. AB kanshd read books R EK HH. Wo xibuan kanshi. ike to read. AR kanjiin see KOR HE FH AM He, Wo jintian zai chEzhan kanjin 18. saw her atthe bus stop today. AK kanlai it seems BR WE RL ee Ee, Kanléi i hi méi néding zhiyi. Ie Tooks as if he hasn’t made up his mind. | The first stroke travels from right to left. 9 strokes Ata 149129 FH, dian electricity The character depicted a flash of lightning. The full form has rain ffi on top to indicate that rain and lightning come together. From lightning electricity is derived. Radical: |, ‘vertical-bend-hook’ Character components: H+ L Index #5 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HL dian electricity ‘OT HER, HT RF, Diiamén yi méobing, dianle wo yixia. ‘There was something wrong with the switch and I got a shock. NU dilnying movie REX H HH Be. ‘Wo xihuan kan Zhonggué diinying. like to see Chinese movies. 3. MUUL diamshi television Fm tA RE WET? ‘Finwén difinshi you shénme bio jiém? ‘Are there any good programs on TV tonight? ‘i didnnio computer Be wi PR RR. XiiinzAi didmnfo zi Zhonggué hén pi. Computers are now common in China WIS dianhua telephone Sm ik RET iF, Finwn qing gti wé hui ge diimbua. Please give me a call tonight ‘The horizontal lines are equally spaced. 5 strokes \ [le jer |e, 150EY A ying shadow ‘The character combines sun Fl, feathery % and the phonetic 3% to give the meaning of shadow. Radical: 4 ‘feathery’ Character components: f+ 3+ 4% Index # 55 Character configuration: A] ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. MG ying shadow Wid he ORT, RY ‘Tingshus ti shi hula le, késhi hai mei kinjidn 105 ILS tade yingr. heard that he's back, but Thaven’t seen any sign of him yet. 2. WERE ying movie fan fh Pex LB. AS RGR, ‘Ta xihuan kan dianying, shi ge yingmi. He's fond of movies, he's a movie fan. igo Wynn ing fa Please photocopy two copies for me. 4. 6M yingxising influence, effect oe fie Xiyin yingritng jing. Smoking affects health 5. HG ying take aphoto together BM MD OW Be, Fe ‘Women zhio ge héying litinian, hio ma? Let's take a photo together to mark the occasion, shall we? 15 strokes ‘The last three strokes slant downward, then left. f\ Jw fw le le iz 2 iz {|z ? | FRrReEREE ¥| By / 2% TR TRA 151Quiz 13 (121-130) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning a el [ we) >t, A] BB] | [inwan tonight Wl R|A|A A | EL] & a [te [|B B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. a (ii) Jintian shi Jidyué-shiwiri. Mingtian shi wode shéngri. | (iii) Jinwan ni you kongr ma? (iv) Women kan dianying zénmeyang? C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. (i) 152 qu R cai Kg A bai 8 xian Hogi Aji F+A understand date obvious talent diary weather next month last year Gi) 4 qing aq B tiao i shit @ jian FA no Fi sl w yin read television computer young air photocopy air-conditioning see131 HE mi yesterday ‘The character combines sun H and the phonetic F to suggest the meaning of yesterday. Radical: [1 ‘sun’ Character components: [1+ £ Index #90 Character configuration Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. MEX mubtidn yesterday 4. MFR mubwan last night th HEX AKL. Wem KAR AK, os Si m2 ‘Ta zubtian ci Isiguo. Zuowan yi xidde hén da, nf zhidao ma? He came only yesterday. trained heavily last night, did you know? 2. ERIN mtn de yesterday's 5. MFR mbyé last night OR AR WB AFA A A, OMI Ye Zhe shi zubtin de bao. Zubye yi xidde hén di, nf zhidao ma? This is yesterday's newspaper. trained heavily last night, did you know? 3. HEH muGrt_ yesterday fe MER A ORL Ta zu6r efi Higuo. He came only yesterday. ‘The top horizontal stroke is longer than those below it. 9 strokes in ja ja jv je ay af |e 153132 qi go The character is the figure of a rice-container with a lid. Since the container becomes emply after the rice has been eaten, the character came to mean to be gone. Radical: 4 ‘private’ or £ ‘earth? Character components: + + 4 Index # 23 Index # 40 Character configuration: 1 & qd go UMS PB ILA SOL “iaqi nf do ni qa wns? 2, HBL qlchd place to go ik RT AE RE AY HH. This is a scenie place to visit 3. Jel qashi (of grown-ups) die RRS EW AIT. ‘Wo fain sn nid gin qasht le. My father passed away three years ago. Compounds, sentences and meanings Where are you going during the holidays? Zhe shi yi ge fEngjing youmeéi de qichi. JAE qinién last year Ro AE IP BE HS ‘Wo shi qinian kaishi xué tidowi de. I started learning to dance last year. RH nigh take away i RH) FM EAT? Shi bi wide zidiin néqa le? Who's taken my dictionary? The second horizontal stroke is longer. -FEEE 154133 Ee teateeiee The character combines sun fl and seedling “E. , a reference to emerging light. took on the meaning of star. Radical: i ‘sun’ B+ Character components: Index #90 Character configuration Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. JR xing star om AB Sinwan yu? ming xing. The moon is bright and the stars are sparse tonight | 2. I xinggl week SR BML? ‘Tintin xinggii? What day of the week is it today? 3. AHUM ahd ge xinggt this week Rt EM Ti ae He, Zhe ge xinggi gongzud bijido qingsong. The workload is easy this week. [398 shang xinggi last week FRM RHR AT. Shang xinggi w6 dajid qi le. Last week I was on holiday. 5. FUR xia xinggi next week F MA He Hee Ht. Xi xinggl wo bijido mang. il be rather busy next week ‘The sun component 1 should be written squarish. 9 strokes \ |v |7 @7\iP\ie and ww pas # 155134 Hy qi_ period of time The character combines month JJ and the phonetic J to suggest a period of time. Radical: | ‘moon/flesh’ Index # 103 or Hf ‘secondly’ Index #171 Character components: #: + / Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1B gi period 4. EM muéGi semester SM TR CR eM OT. Pe ee ee Diy gi gBngchéng ying winchéng le. Zhe ge xubai gingks Dido gingsing. The frst phase of the project has been ‘There's not much work this semester. nena 5. BUM daogt expire 2. BIR qijiin course RO SEF NA SM, fee EE MI BT Ae Ai, Wede qiinzhtng xi8 ge yu? dlogi | Tazai zhayuin gijdn kinle héndud xidoshud. My visa expires next month. While in hospital, he read many novels. 3. UM jiaqi holiday | UTR ATA ible | Jiagi nf you shénme jihua? Wiat plans do you have for your holidays? ‘The third last stroke ends with a hook. 12 strokes — |r lt it pt lt 156135 — The character combines hairpin *~ repeatedly. It came to mean every. Radical: ‘mother’ Character components: “ + and mother #¥ to give the idea of bearing children Index # 108 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, 4§ mBi every, each Flake, RR RA te —F ‘Mi dio Beijing, w6 zng yao qh guan yixia Ki. ‘Changchéng. Every time Iam in Beijing, Ihave to visit the Great Wal 2. AERE méiméi_ often i ok ER, BH IRR ‘Tamen chang zai yiqi, méiméi yi tén jit shi BR. bantian. ‘They often get together, and when they did, they'd talk for hours. 46% mbt everyday KR PR BR Md Me, W6 miigin méitian dou qd sanba. My mother goes for a walk every day $46 mBinifin every year Rte ah tet. WO méinisn du qh Kixing. 1 g0 fora trp every year. AEH bi ge xinggi every week eet RM Me. ‘Ta mdi ge xinggi dou gingks. She entertains guests every week. 46 can be confused with BE. 7 strokes lee - lA 7 | A FE A FE 1 A 157136 Full form fin enter a RE ‘The full form combines movement i_ and bird ‘# to suggest rapid advance like a bird flying. It means progress. Radical: i_ ‘movement’ Index #38, Character components: i_+ Ji Character configuration: [B Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 2 jim enter 4, MEH}E1 jinchiikéu import & export iy i th HMO Bal fe. Qing jint ‘Ta zai yi jd jinchikou gongel gongens. Please come in! She works in an import and export company. 2. MBE jinlai enter 5. MEET jimxing be in progress iE (BK. THe dT BAe Rang ta jinlai. Gongzud jinxingde zénmeyang? Let him come in. How are you getting on with your work? 3. HES jinbd make progress te ® TAR A ee. [NY xié Hanzi hn you jinbi. You are making great progress in your Chinese character writing. The left vertical stroke slants to the left. ‘7 strokes =| =] =] oF ae LE T 158137 } 5 HN ae ‘The character combines ity. It means city. Radical: +: ‘earth’ Character components: |: + ih soil +. and the phonetic fi to suggest the ancient idea of a walled Index #40 Character configuration: [] Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 WR chéng city SR) HRY. (Chéngli de shangdian bijido gaoding. 2. SR chéngxidng town and country te, SA RAK ‘Zai Zhongguo, chEngxidng de chabié bén da. There is quite a large difference between urban and rural areas in China. BR chéngshi city bie fe HY rt, ‘Shanghai shi Zhongguo zuidade chEngsh. Shanghai is the largest city in China, The shops in the city sell better quality goods. EWR finchéng go to the city A su le, Wo zud ditié jinchéng, Take the subway to get to the city. ‘eR Changchéng Great Wall of China RAP BET Kilt. ‘W% zhongyé déngshangle Chingchéng. finally climbed the Great Wall of China. The third stroke slants upward. 9 strokes - [FJ [d- Br ar 159138 yf \ No mai buy Full form hoo EB an The full form combines net ™ and shells 5. Since shells were used for money, netting lots of shells meant being able to buy things. Radical: ~~ ‘horizontal-hook’ Character components: ~ + ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings I've bought the Chinese-English Dictionary. 2. FE miideqt can afford AA RAR RRA Litngbai yuan bi tai gui, wo mAidegl. ¥200 is not too much to pay, I can afford it FAK mibugl can’t afford RY OK MT, RIKI, ‘Wubai yudn tai gui le, w® maibual. '¥500 is too much, Tean’t afford it Index #5 Character configuration: YH matimai business (literally, buying and selling) RK he TH MH, 'Wé fagin shi zud maimai de. (My father is a businessman. KA mlibudio out of stock kW ke We KAKA T, Zhe zhiing pibio xidnzai mBibudio le. You can’t buy this Kind of briefcase now: End the last stroke firmly. : i 4 6 strokes — 7 160139 Full form. ZIN dong cast The full form combines tree A and sun Fl to represent the morning sun rising in the east behind some tree branches. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character components: —+ 4 + /|’ Character configuratior O ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. A dong. cast 4. AMT dOngri thing (literally, east west) Re ROR ee RA AT. ‘Wo zhi zBi chéng ding. Ta mfi déngxi qu le. ive in the eastern part of the city ‘She's out shopping. 2. WAL dongbian cast 5. BAIR fEingdong landlord KAM Ri ARK. fh ROY AR. ‘Taiyfing cng dongbian shéngailai. ‘Ta shi wOde fingdong. ‘The sun rises in the east. He is my landlord. 3. AW. Dongniiny& South-East Asia RH RE HA, ‘Déngninya you héndud Hudrén, ‘There are many Chinese in South-East Asia. The second stroke is a downward-left bend. 5S strokes [=F /# [Az 161140 py xi west ‘The pictograph of a bird in a nest. A bird returns to its nest when the sun sets in the west. Radical: Pj ‘west’ Character component: Index # 139 Character configuration: LE] | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Pox west SH HER Xiyang xi xia, The sun sets in the west. 2. Wi Xifing the West | BRA My ae, Aodaliya shi Xifing gudjia. Australia is a Western country. 3. WHE Xicdn Western food i FAK AE TEA ‘Ni xthuan chi ZhOngedin hdishi Xicdn? Do you prefer Chinese or Western food? WAR iyo Western medicine 4 SHER] BERYL Ic He ‘Zi Zhonggus nal k¥yi mAidao Xiyao? Where can one buy Western medicine in China? WX XGshi Wester style Tet Ee Io RTT. ‘Xishi kudicdn z8i BEijing hén liGxing, Western style fastfood is very popular in Beijing. The inside right stroke bends. 6 strokes ~ | ||| | 8 162Quiz 14 (131-140) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin Meaning (2) # lala] o | 2] 8 xinggi week La) |B) KR! a TIH|RI| AR!) cv 3 | Bh 2lm) (iv) B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. — (i) | Zudtian wo jinchéng le. | ii) | Nijinchéng zud shénme le? \Gii)] Wo qa mai dongxi le \iv)| Mi Xinggilia’ wo dou jinchéng. C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ id) ja—___inprogress TAS thing & cha holiday TK Western meal dao M4 go to the city AR nanya can’t afford iif tai city 3k bian business Be expire RG Western-style iE xing come in fi fang east side BES place to go FA cain South-East Asia Sik shit improvement a shi the West 163141 aS FAY shang commerce ‘The first two strokes of the character make up the radical while the rest is made up of two dots, the 3-sided frame and what goes inside it. The character looks like the face of a merchant. Radical: ~ ‘top of \’ Character components: + ~ +/]+ 7 Index #6 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, WH shing commerce Hl Ee RA TA oe ‘Zhdngguo zhengrhi fazh’n gOngshing qlye. China is developing its industrial and commercial enterprises WA shingrén merchant ie PE] mA aS Se HTT. ‘Xiainzai Zhonggud shingrén de diwéi tigi le. Nowadays the status of merchants in China is higher. 3. WWE shingdiin shop wi JL FT Le Shangditn jt didn kaimén? What time does the shop open? ‘Wiwk shangyé commerce Lig Emir. ‘Shanghai shi yi ge shingyé chéngshi. Shanghai is a commercial city. WARE shingtiang discuss R TWLE RH AR. ‘Wo you shir yo gén nf shangliang. Thave something to discuss with you, ‘The sixth stroke ends with a hook. 1 11 strokes [= = [SF 164142 ais dian shop The character combines broad )” and arrange 15 to suggest a place where objects are arranged and sold, i.e. a shop. Radical: /~ ‘broad’ Index # 36 Character components: J” + i Character configurator ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Bi dian shop 4. WERE fizhuangdian boutique WHT tte ie i CR A. ‘Takaile yi ge shénme didn? Zhe jid fizhudngdian de yifu hén tie. What shop did he run? The clothes in this boutique are quite special. 2. BRE shiidian bookshop S. WEB dianyuin shop assistant HB A AL PB A HS ASI EA. Shadian li you héndus réa, Difinyuin de fiiwa taidu hén réqing, ‘There are lots of people in the bookshop. ‘The shop assistants are very friendly. 3. SCSLRF wénjadian stationery shop BYE A RA CRIN? Fajin you méiyou wénjadian? | Isthere a stationery shop nearby? vi can be confused with if . 8 strokes ry 165143 xz mio hair The character represents an animal’s furry tail held upright. It means hair. Radical: | ‘hair’ Character component: & Index #97 Character configuration: | | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. & mio hair | & @ KA HB | Zhé mio zhangde yi shén ho mio, This cat has a fine coat of fur. 2. GH mioyi woolen sweater SR UR, BF EK Sinn bijido Iéng, ylo chun mioyi. Today is quite cold, you need t0 wear a sweater 3. BA mob writing brush RM BOSH Wo hui yong méobt xiézi. Tan write with a brush 694 mfobing problem ADA A EH, Fayint you didn méobing. ‘There's something wrong with the photocopier. HE RE UR) — Oh, G (HK) yimio (gid) ten cents Baozhi yikuai-wiiméo (qién) yi fen, ‘The newspaper is $1.50 a copy. Note the difference between & and ¥. 4 strokes 7 \2/|2 2 166144 yi clothes The character represents the figure of putting the neckbands together and means garment.. Radical: 7¢ ‘clothes’ Character components: + 4 Index # 132 Character configuration: | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. yf clothing 20H RO MA ARIAT Liobiixing aut guinxin de shi yi-shi-zhi-xing. Ordinary people are mainly concemed with ‘clothing, food, shelter and transportation — the basic necessities of life. 2. GH mioyi woolen sweater 3. FOL yifu clothes a ee ‘Waibian ng, dud chuiin xié yifu. It's cold outside. Put on more clothes. 4. 8b yiligo material for clothing kf A EE, ne y ‘Zhé zhing yiliao shihé zu6 qinzi. CRU, OR BK. This type of material is suitable for making Jintian bijido léng, yao chuan maoyi, skirts. Tay iui cl, you eed wears Pieters eee RE A BH RR? halt you méiyu yaa? ‘Are there any clothes hangers here? The last stroke tapers off. 6 strokes 167145 4 | jidin [classifier]; document The character combines person { and cattle to suggest a person counting cattle. It refers to a.unit in counting. Radical: { ‘upright person’ Character components: { + ‘F Index #19 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. fF jim classifier ik PERI iB APR. ‘Zhe jidm yifu hén hoki. This garment is very pretty. ik RRL AE, RE, Zhe shi dobin ruinjian, wo b6 yao. This is a pirated software, I don't want it 3. S Ft Tingjian part a) Ee ART, KH AF oe, ‘Xin de lingjn ti gui le, mai @rshou de ba. ‘New parts are too expensive, what if we buy second-hand ones? AUPE paijian fitings Ru BER WF rth. ‘Women xiyo mai guinzi peijidn, We need to buy plumbing fittings. SkHF wenjidn document ih te Re hE, HW ERT. Qing bi wénjian fanghio, bié didshi‘ le. Please put the document in a safe place, don’t | Tose it The second horizontal stroke is longer. 6 strokes 7 MOM ee 168146 Full form y yy, S 5 aida money SS ‘The character combines metal $ and the phonetic 4& to suggest the concept of money. Radical: ‘metal’ Index # 122 Character components: # + 4 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. #8 gin money 4. SAL linggién small change KOT A TR Bd the RE h A FR NIyf ge yo? de g6ngzi dubshao qign? Wo yao huan didn linggién. What's your monthly wage? want to get some small change. 2, $8 gisnbso wallet, purse 5. JKYAR yasuigién money given to children tot fhe we ME HT. during the Lunar New Year Taide qiénbio bai 2 ging le. PR MR RE A ATLL eB His wallet was snatched by a thief. Zhdnggus xifobii gudnifin dbu kéyf nidio 3. APR yougién wealthy RE RR. eau @ BR. Chit ot get quite a bt of gift a inese children get quite a bit of gift money Pl eae during the Lunar New Year. Her parents are very wealthy. The last stroke appears at the top right comer. 10 strokes TV EE Fe RAR 169147 A bai hundred The character combines one — and white F. It is believed that [1 once meant hundred, adding one — made it one hundred. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ or i ‘white? Character components: +8 Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. HW bai hundred R UR WA Te, Wo rénshi liingbai ge 23. Tknow 200 characters. 100%) BRR BZA A RI ‘Zhe shi baif€nzhibai de huanghua! That's an absolute lie! 3. HARA baifendin 1% point Rit WGN OR A. ‘Yinhiing Iii zEngjidle ban ge baifendian. Bank interest has increased by half a percentage point. 2. WAL biifenshibsi absolutely literally, Index #2 Index # 147 Character configuration: HR baihud general merchandise kK AH WW AH Aa, Zhe shi yijid gloding de baibud gOngsi. This is an up-market department store Fi baiwan million (literally, a hundred ten thousands) ih 2 me Hy wa. ‘Ta ailing ja gti buiwin Mwéng. She wants to marry a millionaire. The top horizontal stroke is longer. 6 strokes | |v [er | a 170148 Full form $ R kuai classifier t ‘The character combines earth +: and the phonetic % to suggest the idea of a Jump or piece. The full form uses a different phonetic. Radical: -{: ‘earth’ Index #40 Character components: + # Character configuration: ne ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. SE ud piece 4. —BOL yikudir together MET Wk me. fe A ME AT] BIL os my? ‘itch liing kudi mianbio. [Ny xingga gén wémen yikuair gi ma? She ate two pieces of bread. Would you be interested in coming along 2. ¥& yékudi fish pieces with us? RBL+ A aR, 5. fangkuaizi square characters ‘Wo yaole yi ge tinged yakuai. HOE. HEA. I've ordered a plate of sweet and sour fish Hanzi shi fingkudizi, bén nén ji. Chinese characters are square-shaped 3. Ye yflaai gin a dollar (literally, a characters, so they are hard to remember. piece of money) PAA CH RT RR Tayi ge yud de gingei wibai kudi qién, Her monthly wage is 500 dollars. The last stroke tapers off. 7 strokes —— - itd [37 [32 PR 171149 A bidn/pign convenient; cheap The character combines person { and the phonetic 3 to give two meanings: convenient and cheap. By itself, it is used as an adverb in much the same way as jiit #6 . Radical: { ‘upright person’ Index # 19 Character components: { + © Character configuration: | | Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ff dian then 4. (8% biaintido short note RAERKR MM, ORM. ihe ie 9, ‘Zhe ji tidn bi shi guafeng, bidn shi xiayi. Ni géi td xié ge biantiso ba. Daring the lst few days, if it was not windy, Why don’t you write him a note? then it was rani, " i 5. (@1L pisnyi cheap 2. FEE ingbidn convenient RH RMT Mk LE. ft WR HH, HA IR Ok, ‘Zhall de ddngxi jidqisn bén pisnyi. Shénme shihou fangbiin, shénme shihou li. The things here ar really inexpensive. Drop in whenever it’s convenient. 3. $M bia convenient KE Sih EF, Zia jidoting bit. Transport is convenient here J ‘The second last stroke starts under the horizontal stroke. 9 strokes | 7 eH [2 8 172150 ‘The character combines roof * and the phonetic £1 to suggest the meaning of appropriate. When combined with { it is pronounced in the neutral tone. Character components: ~~ + H. Index # 34 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Ey appropriate eh) BEL. Lioydu xifinyf. Suitable for both young and old. 2. WRAL bayl not fiting NBT RE BR YB. Dui hdizi byt yogis gud gio. You shouldn't ask too much ofa child, 3. TEA yirén pleasant Km AUR ILA, ‘ZhaNkgihdu yirén. The weather's pleasant here HIE pidnyi inexpensive BM RT eR HR OER. ‘Zhall de dongs: jidgidn hén pifnyi. The things here are really inexpensive EAE shiyi appropriate wok od WEA RE ‘Youydng dui Ionidinrén hén shiyi. ‘Swimming is good for old people. ‘The last horizontal stroke is longer. 8 strokes STA fete [ee ee [ae 173Quiz 15 (141-150) A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can be written horizontally or vertically. Look at the circled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning. Word or phrase Pinyin ‘Meaning — | ask | ae! wl RE —-|F vyibai one hundred Pe | ge | ba] Me B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. ( | Chéngli shangdian dngxi gui ma? (i)| Zhe jian maoyt hén pianyi. (ii) Liangbai kuai qian yi jian, gui ma? iv)| Wo mai liang jian, pidnyi diane, l C. Match the Chinese words with English mea @ XK ja clothes Ei wallet, purse xt NN woolen sweater fang ( inexpensive shai fi stationery shop fang RF commerce * fw document Fi hud convenient Ebi writing brush 4 discuss BK coat hanger 4% bao merchandise H& qian book shop ii ye well-off A fia 50 cents i liang Chinese characters 174CHARACTER BUILDING 3 (101-150) A. Memorize each of the following radicals and their English names. As a review exercise, write the pinyin and English meaning. 1. [J ‘horizontal stroke’ bE ¢ ) 5 FO ) 3 A ) + AC )—_____- 2. [J] ‘downward-left stroke” (FE ) 3. [°] ‘horizontal hook” TC ) 5 KC ———————— 4. [Ll] ‘vertical-bend hook” HA ( )— th ( » 5. [~] ‘topof 7" i ( ) TAC ) 6 CAL ‘eight + ¢ ys ) 7. LAI ‘people” A(_) ) B ys HO ) 8. [4 ] ‘upright person” 18 ( ) 1 ( ) ; fE ( ) 3 fl ( ) 9 [1] ‘mouth Me (dy BC ) ; B ( )—_ 3 HC ———— 10. [~ ] ‘roof ‘w ( ) on ((eeeenenees’) U1. [F] ‘broad’ RR ¢ ) —_: J ¢ ) 12. [3.] ‘movement’ HE ( ) JE ( ) 3& ( ) 17513. [+] ‘earth’ te ( ) —_ 3 RC ) R(t) 14. [H] ‘sunt A ( ye ) BAC )—___ 3s Be ( ) HE ( ) 3B ) I ( ) 15. [1] ‘moon/flesh’ AC ) 3 MC ) 16. [ £ ] ‘metal’ h ( ys KC) 17. [&£] ‘mother’ & ( )—— 3 EC ) B. Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters classified under the following radicals, 1. [A] ‘private’ & ( ) 2 [4%] ‘food’ th ( 2 3. [LK] ‘big? R ( ) 4. [4] ‘feathery’ & ( ) 5. [ik] ‘stop & ( ) 6 [&] ‘hair’ é ( ) 7. [1 ‘cave™ 2s ( ) 8 [4] ‘clothing’ ® ( ) 9. [HH] ‘west? a ( ) 10. LH] ‘eye’ A ( ) 1. [A] ‘foot’ iL (aan) 12. [5] ‘walk” ie ( ) 176C. Write the pinyin and meaning against the characters which share the following components. (Note that these components are not necessarily used as radicals.) 1 [TE] Te ) 2 [£1] & ( ) 3 LR] KR ¢ ) 4. [H)] #( ) BC ) 5. [A] WO ) 6 [H] FC ) 7. (F] We ( ) REVIEW 3 (101-150) The following are words and phrases classified u meaning, Interrogative ft Aimtie(_____) pronouns Nouns KR ¢ ) BH ( ) cad ) RK ( ) “PH ( ) aR ( ) Str ( ) HARE ( ) yet (___) Verbs We ( ) BC ) OE ( ) Numbers *F ( ) Classifiers — $ ( ) —__; f(y BC ) TE ( ) FEC ) ( ) Wc) 18 ) 7 ( ) inder parts of speech. Write the pinyin andAdjectives #4 ( ) 5B (___) BENE, ( ) ARK (i) (et (___) (___) Time words 314i ( ) :MEK(_ dy (Adverbs) FR(___) ARC») LF ( ) > FF(__) RE ) Hc! (aaemeamee)) BER ( ) os) He (ed) EC) ALR ( )_ Bb () HAC —) (4) BC ) F(t) BC) Adverbs, “i ( ys IL Prepositions ££ ( Particles TC — WORD/SENTENCE PUZZLE 3 Find and CIRCLE words, phrases or sentences hidden in the puzzle. They can be found horizontally from left to right or vertically. The lines across and down are indicated by numbers. Write the meaning next to the pinyin. The first one is done for you. ACROSS (left to right) 1. Jintiain shi Jiuyué Ershiwari, Today is September 25th. 3. Wanshang ni zud shénme? 5, Women méige Xinggitian dou jinchéng. 8. Ni méitian ji dian qichuang? 1 2. Ni méitian dou qi piobi ma? 4, Zudtian ni qi kan dinying le ma? 6. Déngxi hén pianyi 8. (i) Waibai ku: 8. (ii) Shangdidn zai nar? 10. Chéngli de maoyi dudshao qian? 178<[ele)elelale]e)alalale lela]. (=e [* fella ia fe] se] eis felix lols fie fx fae fae fe fe fae fe fe fe fee ae |e | 2 +)pxlalelelelelelelealalalelale fix lolx lala lalla lelelelelale sla tl oy |e] x | elalala]a)alele Rie le le ele le le le a lel ele lee mle )el< lela] = fa fs le afl ela be xpelalele]e ls fele]efelale laser 4)elelalelelalefele|el«lo|«)« 179151 JIB a Full form if ‘The character combines flesh 1 and the phonetic ii to refer to the brain. Radical: i “flesh/moon’ Character components: + i Index # 103 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. Bi nfo brain ROR A OW Mie. ‘Wo jintian yong nfo gudda. Fovertaxed my brain today. 2. RB nfofin brain & oy MN A AE AR ei. Dud ding niojin cdi néng jigjué wens. By exercising one’s brain more often, one can resolve problems. 3. BATT nfozhi brain RR MT th AA RR Rk. Wo jifojin ndozhi yé xitngbuchil jitjué fingts. Tracked my brain but I still couldn’t work it out ‘MA dianndo computer te ETA Heat. | ‘Ta ging mile yi ti diannio, She just bought a computer. S7MMMIL ddufu'nior jellied beancurd HK eS ML. Wo xihuan chi doufu’nior. I'm fond of jellied beancurd. ‘The second last stroke is a vertical bend. 10 strokes i 180152 Full form ZN =I | tai platform; [classifier] ay The character combines mouth [1 and private 4 to suggest the idea of platform. The whole character is used as a phonetic. Radical: 4 ‘private’ Index # 23 or 1 “mouth? Index #50 — Character components: 4+ [1 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. ft tdi classifier 4. td Teib’i Taipei Re RAH Wi G4 SA PH. Wo xiting mai yi tdi xin dian. ‘Tingshud Taibéi kOngol warn bn yénzhong. Twant to buy & new computer. I've heard that air pollution in Taipei is really serious. 2. steps, stairs A KR SE RRKT. 5. #23 tigi billiards ‘TAijié chen dud, ba wo leis le. eee PE Rie ‘There are so many steps, I'm dead tired. ‘Taigié zai Zhonggus hén ligxing. Billiards are quite popular in China. 3. fe Taiwan Taiwan cameed RR AD A, Wo méi qoguo Taiwan. Thaven’t been to Taiwan. ‘The top and bottom components are the same size. 5 strokes | 2/4 181153 ~ Sh mai sell Full form es JA ‘The simplified form combines ten + and buy 3% to suggest the idea of sell. Associate the extra component with the 4th tone to mark the meaning of sell, Radical: + ‘ten’ Character components: + + © Index #11 Character configurat ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1 mai sell 3 A HUWOL A Re /R A SRLAL R BD Bw ‘mai dudshao qin? How much is this TV set? 2. StH maili exert all one’s strength HC RH. ‘Ta zdshi hén maili. She puts in her best when she works. ‘Zba tai didnshiji zZnme mai? / Zhe t6i didnshiji ME maizud draw large audiences (literally, seat seller) bab HSB Oy RAE [Na bi dinying k# maizud Ia. That movie drew audiences. BEF maindog show off one’s cleverness, fe RK SUR hy BH. ‘Ta xihuan maindog xio cOngming. He likes to show off his smartness. XH maimai business RLM i TE ‘Wo fain shi zud maimai de. ‘My father is a businessman. End the last stroke firmly. 8 strokes +/3|% ti ¥ hr 182154 qian thousand The character combines person { and one ~ to represent many people in a crowd, It came to mean a thousand. Radical: ) ‘downward-left stroke’ Character components: J + + Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. F qin thousand Ce ee Zhe shi yigian kuti qi, ging ni ditnyiditn. This is altogether 1000 dollars, please check it THE qidnll a long distance (literally, a thousand miles) FR 2, WTAE (Qin zhi xing, shi ya 28 xia A thousand-li joumey begins with the first step. 3. FTF qiinwan be sure to 7B tm Qianwan yao xidoxin a! Do be careful! Index #4 Character configuration: FHV giafing-bAit in a thousand and one ways fe Fe ita ht KA BR, ‘Ta qidnfaing-biiji de qing ho daifu kanbing. He goes all out to find good doctors to treat his lines. FAR itn pita yf10 following the same pattem me xe OT OM i, RH Naxié wEnzhing gin pin yi, méiyou tA Bm RA. shénme xin dongxi. Those articles ar like the rest; they offer nothing new. The top stroke sweeps down to the left. 3 strokes “FF 183Full form 155 pe a wan ten thousand By The full form depicted insects in grass which were counted in their tens of thousands. Thus the idea of ten thousand. Radical: — ‘horizontal stroke’ Index #2 Character component: 77 Character configuration: | __ ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, 2 wan ten thousand 4, 77% wanshi all things KWo DRE BAT a. TS BX (Mi yi ling xito qiché yao ba wan yodn, Wanshi qli6u nfn. It costs ¥80,000 to buy a small car. Everything is difficult in the beginning. 2. HIF baiwan million 5. Ji wanyi justin case th RR A BH. Tim HK RR ik fh RI FR. dng ji gi baiwan faweng. ‘Wanyi you rén zhio wa, ji qing tli ge tifo. ‘She wants to marry 2 millionaire {If someone looks for me, please ask IF yiqtantn 10 mitioa him to leave a message. de® A BA ATI. Béjjing de rénkiu chiogud yigidnwan. Beijing's population exceeds 10 million. The last stroke ends with a hook. 3 strokes =\l7|5 184156 IL yuan first; Chinese dollar The character ori origin and source. Radic: = ‘two? or JL ‘son? Character component +JL ally represented the figure of a person’s head and neck, it symbolizes Index # 10 Index #21 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 3% yun dottar R- ME BN e Mii yi lidng xiko giché yao ba wan yun, It costs ¥80,000 to buy a small car. 2. 387% Méiywin American dollars -H Ri Hh LA ARM, ‘Yib&i Méiyusn duihuan jitbai Réaminbi, US$100 exchanges for ¥900. 3. 36H. Yudndin New Year’s Day AS @ GA, He ~K. Yiyu?-yihao shi Yufndan, fingjia yi tin. January Ist, being New Year's Day, is a holiday. ®X Géngyudn A.D., the Christian era Ax —h-= * R Bey, Gongyuin yijily? ar niin Min’gu6 jidnl. In 1912, the Republic of China was established. AZLIN Géngyuingiin B.C. (before the Christian era) aim =. 4p Bethe (Gongyudngitn 2’ éry7 niin Qinshihudng sa +H. In 221 B.C. the Qin Emperor unified China. ‘The lower horizontal stroke is longer. 4 strokes |157 IK tai too ‘The character combines big K and a dot to signify the idea of bigger. By extension, super and excessive were derived. Radical: * *big’ Character components: K + > ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1% Bai t00 ABT ATLA GEALAUIL Mhe ‘Tai gui le, key! pidmyididr ma? It’s too expensive! Can you make it cheaper? 2. RRA ttiysing the sun tk, KM dk T. [Nikin, tliyéng chia le. Look, the sun is out 3. KE tikéng outer space RE RH RH. ‘Méigué faming taikngsud, The Americans invented the space shuttle. Index # 43 Character configuration: AHF Taipingydng the Pacific Ocean TR ACR iit. ‘Zhonggué zai Taipingydng xibian. China is situated at the west of the Pacific Ocean. ABR taijiquin Taichi HS TARE, ARATE A He, ‘Wo bul dé taijiquin, késhi dide bi hio. can do Taichi, but not very wel. ‘The last stroke ends firmly. TIF IAA 4 strokes 186jit right away ‘The character combines away. Radical: ‘top of” Ret Character components: capital city 5% and the phonetic JL to suggest the idea of right Index #6 Character configuration: {U ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WR ji as early as SR RC Rh MRT. ‘Jintian wé qi diainzhong jid lai le. Twas here as early as 7 o'clock today. 2. WE jidshi exactly TAM ROR RA w WH, ‘id shi ma, w0 yé shi zhéme xiding de. Precisely, that’s just what I had in mind. 3. WF jitshdu while you are at it WF HT Kb. Jidshéu bi mén guinshing. Close the door behind you. WHE jiaydo be going to AA me HT. Hudché jiityao kai le. The train is about 10 leave. LE jidsuin event OH th ST ET Ob, LAR Sidsuan nf déngle bn ge zhingtou, yé ba RIA KH EAE, yinggai fa zhéme da de pigi ba. Granted that you have waited for half an hour, still there is no reason to blow your top. The second last stroke ends with a hook. o ¥ wL % |e let 187159 Na ba [particle] ae The character combines mouth (and the phonetic E! to indicate a suggestion. Radical: 1 ‘mouth’ Index # 6 Character components: [1 + EL Character configuration ( ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. WS ba suggestion [particle] KE@JE ... WS hdoxidng shi... ba doubt or | RAT] HE mB uncertainty Women zu ba. fe HG RRA me Let’s go. ‘Ta boxing shi zhéme shud de ba. 2. BE... jit..ba consent or approval WR BR WK WB. Mingtn id mingtiin ba. All right, let's make it tomorrow. | 3. &.. 0 hui... ba confirmation fh RAB? ‘Ta hui lai ba? ‘He'll come, won't he? It seems that's what he said, LIE, ba, ba, marking a pause A, ATs ME, HARE, (Qi ba, bihio; biqi ba, yé bihio. IFT go, it’s no good: if I don’t it’s no good either. Finish the last stroke with a hook. 7 strokes Yo jr ie jeter pe 188160 & Sting zero ‘The character & combines rain ffi and the phonetic © to suggest fragmentary. It also means zero. Radical: ff ‘rain’ Character components: [ii + & Index # 172 = Character configuration: — Compounds, sentences and meanings 1, & ting zero BE RA EAH XiiinzRi idditn-ting-bafen. The time now is 6:08. 2. BF ingrid below zero SK RR RHR EP ORR inti qiwén shi shéshi lingxia wi di. Today's temperature is 5°C below zero. 3. PAK tinggin small change RE KR Stk. Wo yio huan din inggién. ‘want to get some small change. BHF lings _piecemeal RE WAL SEH eT ‘Wo bai you ditinr Kingsui shiging méiyou DR. banwan, I still have some loose ends to te up. SHIRL lingydnggitin pocket money te ARE BY BAH Be NI yf ge yue gti hKizi dudshao lingyonggisn? How much pocket money do you give ‘your child a month? Finish the last stroke firmly. > | PP |e 189Quiz 16 (151-160) ‘A. Look at the 16-character grid and CIRCLE words or phrases. They can written horizontally or vertically. Look at the encircled characters in the Key if unsure. COPY the word or phrase next to the grid and write the pinyin and meaning, Wordor phrase Pinyin Meaning aes & 7) ® [A] HR] T | [raga It’s too expensive! + | #|e| RE] a : wo A A| Gi Aa | EAR) He] | B. Refer to the characters in the 16-character grid above and CONVERT the pinyin phrases into characters and check their English meaning in the Key. (| Zhe ti dianndo mai dudshao qian? Gi] Yiwan-ergian yuan. (iii)) Tai guile, jit yiwan kuai ba (iv)]_ Yiwan-ting-babai, zénmeyang? | C. Match the Chinese words with their English meaning. @ Gi) HELA Taiwan RG AD. jie 10 million sedan It's too expensive just in case gong Je American dollars computer 2K jiquan New Year's Day exert one’s strength KAT small change. stairs A yang Taichi draw large audiences zu sun million BR Let’s go 190161 = i | da read Full form ee ooo AA The full character combines word # and sell # to suggest the idea of ro cut. Thus it may ‘mean punctuating a story at every clause and thus to read. Radical: i ‘word’ Index #9 Character components: i + ++ Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. RR da read 4. WEE dizh reader (of a book, newspaper, RB AN HE HR ‘Zhe ba xitoshus zhide yi db. LL BYR Rt This novel is worth reading. [Nr kanle jintin baoshang de dizhé laixin 2. BEB dishii study ca Ta dishi hén yonggong, He studies hard. 3. Weak dabin textbook BR A DLE eS ‘Zhe shi yi ben Hanya dabén, This is a Chinese reader. wei? méiyou? Have you read the letters to the editor in today’s paper? 5. WAR yueds read Tek FHI Baie Aa ‘Wo Idi tishiguin yuads zazhi. Teame to the libray to read magazines. 191162 SSN iian practice The full form combines silk £ tie together HK and divide ™ . It may represent raw silk glossed, selected and tied together. It means practic Radical: 4 ‘silk? Index # 68 Character components: # + { Character configuratior na Compounds, sentences and meanings 4. 21M lidaxiti cxercise problems i St. SR WW fe A ae HR (Wo xidding juéxin liinhko shenti. Fintidn de zudyé you ling tii lidnxitt wo I've made up my mind to get ft. Hee Hi bahui ud. HA Tiamxt practice ee There are so exercise problems tht Ica’ Seen doin today's homework {Wo main ins i Hin practice writing Chinese characters every 5. Mid® ianwis practice martial arts day. KR BK HR mM MIR, 3. STAC maiden workbook Wo mitian alochén dou lianwa. robes Tracie mara ars every morning ‘Zhe shit Hanzi di-xi8 lidnxibén, This is a Chinese character reading workbook. | Note the difference between fi and 4%. 8 strokes Z g lg oe | 192163 Full form 8 Jou practice The full form represents the idea that a young bird flaps its wings many times, thus the meaning of practice. Radical: |} ‘horizontal-vertical-hook’ Index #5 Character component: > Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings | 1. 3 xf practice 4. YA xiqih bad habit A Me ‘PR OW Wie ARR Pa. “XT fi chéng shi. ‘Zhonggué de guanligo xigi hén yanzhdng. Accept what is wrong as right. Bad bureaucratic habits prevail in China. | 2. 1 xiguan habit 5. 2% xisG custom RW BR. HELA 4 RA 2H. ‘Wo xiguin ziog!. ‘Zhongguérén you shiingyue de xis0. I'm used to getting up early. The Chinese people have the custom of enjoying the fall moon. 3. 213% xirin fall into a bad habit of WEA fk GH A da. (Qingnidnrén hén réngyi xirén chouydn. It’s easy for young people to pick up the bad habit of smoking. ‘The first stroke ends with a hook. 3 strokes 15/A 193164 ~ shi book Full a A The full form expresses the hand holding a brush writing a book. The cursive style of writing the character was adopted as the simplified form, Radical: ~ ‘horizontal-bend’ ‘Character components: Te Te bey Index #5 Character configuration: Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 1 shi book BR BE. Zhe shi yi ben jidokéshi, This isa textbook. 2. 4B shiibao school bag DK HE Ho be, ati ane The children carry their school bags on their backs to go to school. 3. BMF shiidiin book store 4 MW a BR ‘Mala duimian you yi ji shi There is a book store across the road, bookshelf fo ‘WO ging mile yf ge shajia. just bought a bookshelf. 5. BE shift calligraphy RRA FR hk Me. Wo juéde Zhonggud shift hén hiokin. think Chinese calligraphy is beautiful, The second stroke ends with a hook. 4 strokes 7 || se |B 194165 Ta) ss Full form iil ‘The full form combines speech = and the phonetic *J to give the idea of word. Radical: j ‘word’ Character components: i + 7] Index #9 Character configuration Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. 3 fnew words WF RQ WR WLR T. Diitozi wo fide, KEshi cir wo wang le. Tremember the tune all right, but I've forgotten the words. i ciditin dictionary ik A ak ROA ‘Zhe bén cididn hén youyong. This dictionary is very useful. 3. AWM shnget new words ik MEE kB, Zhe pin duinwén shénget tdi dud. This narrative has too many new words. 4, 5. id dinct single word RE MG RA ‘Wé xué de dinci bagdu yong. Thaven’t learnt enough words. WALA cihuibito glossary % fsa A WIL, ‘Shi houmian yu cihuibido. There's a glossary atthe back of the book The second stroke is a horizontal-bend-lift. 7 strokes ‘ft fe 7] |] FA] 7] 195166 Ht. FN iin standard ‘The character is a phonetic but used as a character. It means standard or canon. Radical: /\ ‘eight’ Character components: i + /\ Index #17 Character configuration: ‘Compounds, sentences and meanings 1. iin ceremony GH ditmxing typical | ak Mit ROM Ht F RE AS PR HE, “Xillozhiing yloging w6 cinjia wish nign ‘Zhe shi didixing de Zhonggud cinzhuing. eek ea, This is a typical Chinese village. ‘xidoging shéngdian. 4, J cidiin dictionary The headmaster invited me to take part in the x a OAM. school’s 50th anniversary ceremony. Zo bla cin hin youytog, 2. MAL didnt ceremony This dictionary is very useful. BK Mh R Smit ‘2 7 5. HI giidiin classical Xidoahiing yioging w6 cinjié wisht nin Hk ER Fh a xu a oye xiloging ditall. like classical music. ‘The headmaster invited me to take part in the school's 50th anniversary ceremony. ‘The bottom horizontal stroke is longer. 8 strokes | oth | ae |g \ |v7 sim gh 196