Chinese Characters-L5

n ui o nc naut o i d a in /duplication o t i docu nt in an o o an an i t ictl p o i it d
“Bringing Asia to the World”TM
Character Workbook
2
4th Edition
Yuehua Liu and Tao-chung Yao
Nyan-Ping Bi, Yaohua Shi, Liangyan Ge
Original Edition by Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu

Yea-fen Chen, Liangyan Ge, Nyan-Ping Bi, Xiaojun Wang, Yaohua Shi
“Bringing Asia to the World”TM
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Contents
Preface v
Lesson 11: Weather

Dialogue 1: Tomorrow’s Weather Will Be Even Better! 1
Dialogue 2: The Weather Here Is Awful! 5
Lesson 12: Dining

Dialogue 1: Dining Out 9
Dialogue 2: At the Dining Hall 17
Lesson 13: Asking Directions

Dialogue 1: Where Are You Off To? 23
Dialogue 2: Going to Chinatown 25
Lesson 14: Birthday Party

Dialogue 1: Let’s Go to a Party! 29
Dialogue 2: Birthday Bash 33
Lesson 15: Seeing a Doctor

Dialogue 1: My Stomach Is Killing Me! 39
Dialogue 2: Allergies 43
Lesson 16: Dating

Dialogue 1: Seeing a Movie 47
Dialogue 2: Turning Down an Invitation 49
Lesson 17: Renting an Apartment

Narrative: Finding a Better Place 51
Dialogue: Calling about an Apartment for Rent 55
Lesson 18: Sports

Dialogue 1: Getting in Shape 61
Dialogue 2: Watching American Football 65
Lesson 19: Travel

Dialogue 1: Traveling to Beijing 69
Dialogue 2: Planning an Itinerary 75
Lesson 20: At the Airport

Dialogue 1: Checking in at the Airport 79
Dialogue 2: Arriving in Beijing 81
Index A: Characters by Pinyin 85
Index B: Characters by Lesson and Pinyin 90

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Preface
This completely revised and redesigned Character Workbook is meant to accompany the Fourth Edition
of Integrated Chinese (IC). It has been about twenty years since the IC series came into existence in
1997. During these years, amid all the historical changes that have taken place in China and the rest of
the world, the demand for Chinese language teaching/learning materials has grown dramatically. We
are greatly encouraged by the fact that IC not only has been a widely used textbook at the college level
all over the United States and beyond, but also has become increasingly popular for advanced language
students in high schools. Based on user feedback, we have made numerous changes so that the
Character Workbook can become an even more useful tool for students of Chinese.
Stressing the importance of learning a new character by its components

Learning a new character becomes much easier if the student can identify its components. The student
should learn how to write the forty radicals at the beginning of the Volume 1 Character Workbook in
the correct stroke order first, because these forty radicals will appear repeatedly in other characters
later. If a new character contains a component already familiar to the student, the stroke order of that
component will not be introduced again. However, we will show the stroke order of all new components
as they appear when we introduce new characters. For example, when we introduce the character 孩
(hái) (child) in Lesson 2, Volume 1, we do not show the stroke order for the radical 子 (zǐ) (child) because
子 already appeared in the radical section. Therefore, we only display the stroke order for the other
component 亥 (hài) (the last of the Twelve Earthly Branches). For the same reason, when 亥 appears
in the new character 刻 (kè) (quarter of an hour) in Lesson 3, Volume 1, its stroke order is not displayed.
When the student learns a new character, he or she can easily tell if a component in the character has
appeared in previous lessons. If the stroke order for that component is not displayed, it means that the
component is not new. The student should try to recall where he or she has seen it before. By doing so,
the student can connect new characters with old ones and build up a character bank. We believe that
learning by association will help the student memorize characters more effectively.
Main features of the new Character Workbook

a. Both simplified and traditional characters are introduced
If a character appears in both simplified and traditional form, we show both to accommodate different
learner needs. In this volume, to reflect the predominance of simplified characters in Chinese language
instruction, we have listed simplified characters first.
b. Pinyin and English definition are clearly noted

We have moved the pinyin and the English definition above each character for easy recognition
and review.
c. Radicals are highlighted

The radical of each character is highlighted. Knowing what radical group a character belongs to is
essential when looking up that character in a traditional dictionary in which the characters are arranged
according to their radicals. To a certain extent, radicals can also help the student decipher the meaning
of a character. For example, characters containing the radical贝/貝 (bèi) (shell), such as 贵/貴 (guì)
(expensive), and货/貨 (huò) (merchandise), are often associated with money or value. The student can
group the characters sharing the same radical together and learn them by association.
d. Stroke order is prominently displayed

Preface v
Another important feature is the numbering of each stroke in the order of its appearance. Each number
is marked at the beginning of that particular stroke. We firmly believe that it is essential to write
a character in the correct stroke order, and to know where each stroke begins and ends. To display the
stroke order more prominently, we have moved the step-by-step character writing demonstration next
to the main characters.
e. "Training wheels" are provided

We also provide grids with fine shaded lines inside to help the student better envision and balance their
characters when practicing.
b c d e
a yú fish
鱼
鱼魚
1 1
2 2
4 4
3 3
6 6
5
魚
5
7
7
8 9 10 11
8
Other changes
In response to user feedback, we have updated the traditional characters to ensure they match the
standard set currently used in Taiwan. For reference, we have consulted the Taiwan Ministry
of Education’s Revised Chinese Dictionary. This change has been overseen by the editors.
In order to focus on character recognition and acquisition, we decided not to include elements having
to do with phonetic identification and phrase recognition.
To help the student look up characters more easily, we decided to limit the indices to two: one arranged
alphabetically by pinyin and the other by lesson. Additional appendices that are not directly linked to the
practice of writing characters, such as the English-Chinese glossary, are available in the Textbook.
The formation of the radicals in this book is based on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (现代汉语词典/
現代漢語詞典) published by the Commercial Press (商务印书馆/商務印書館). A total of
201 radicals appear in that dictionary, and in some cases the same character is listed under more than
one radical. For the characters in this book that fall in that category, we provide two radicals in order to
facilitate students' dictionary searches. The two radicals are presented in order from top to bottom
(e.g., 名: 夕, 口), left to right (e.g., 功: 工, 力), and large to small (e.g., 章: 音, 立; 麻: 麻, 广).
The changes that we made in the new version reflect the collective wishes of the users. We would like to
take this opportunity to thank those who gave us feedback on how to improve the Character Workbook.
We would like to acknowledge in particular Professor Hu Shuangbao of Peking University and Professor
Shi Dingguo of Beijing Language and Culture University, both of whom read the entire manuscript and
offered invaluable comments and suggestions for revision.
Note: Prefaces to the previous editions of IC are available at chengtsui.co.

Preface
vi
Lesson 11: Weather

Dialogue 1: Tomorrow’s Weather Will Be Even Better!
bǐ compared with (comparison marker), to compare

4
2
3
xuě snow
1
4
2 3
7
5
8
6
10
11
yuán garden
2 2
1 4
1
3
3
5
4 7
6
6 8
5 11
9 12
10
7 13
huá slippery; to slide

5 5
1 4 1
6 4 6
2 7
2
8 9
7 8
10 11
9 10 12
11
Lesson 11 | Weather
3 12 3 13
1
bīng ice
3
1
5
4 6
lěng cold
3
1
4
2 6
gāng just now, a moment ago

6 10
2 2
1 1 3 4
9
3
5
4 5
8
6
7
Integrated Chinese 2 | Character Workbook
bào newspaper; to report

2 2
4 10 9
5 1
1
3
5
6 11
4
3 6 12
8
7
7
2
gèng even more

1
6
2 3
4
ér (component in 而且)
1
4
6
3 5
qiě (component in 而且)

2
1
nuǎn warm
5
2 8
1 7
6
3 9
11
10
12
Lesson 11 | Weather
13
3
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Dialogue 2: The Weather Here Is Awful!
fēi not, non-

5
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
zāo rotten, decayed

4 11 12
2
7
1
9
3 8 10
5 6 13
15
14
16
17
gāo cake
4 8
7
2
1
9
11
3 10
6
5
12
13 14 15 16
dōng winter
1
3
Lesson 11 | Weather
5
5
xià summer
1
2
4
3
5
6
7
8 9
10
rè hot
2 4 2 9
1
1 5 10
3
6 5
4 7
3
11
6
8
7 9 10
8 12 13 14 15
chūn spring
4
2
3
5
6 8
9
qiū autumn, fall

1 8
7
3
2 6
4 5
9
6
shū to relax; comfortable

1
2 9
10
3
5 11
4
12
7
6
8
Characters from Proper Nouns
jiā to add
2
1
4
3
zhōu state
6
2 4
5
3
1
Lesson 11 | Weather
7
Lesson 12: Dining

Dialogue 1: Dining Out
xiàng likeness, portrait

3 3
1 4 1 4
6 6
5 8 5 7
7 8
2 9
2 9 12 10
10 11 13
13 12 14
11
wù affair, task
1 6
2 1 7
3 2 8
9
3 4
5
5 11
10
4
zhuō table
1 2
4
3 5
6
8
7
9 10
Lesson 12 | Dining
9
pán plate, dish

1 1
8
3 3 7
2 2
5
5
4 9
4
6 6 10
8 12
7 11
9 10 13 14
11 15
jiǎo dumpling
4 1 9
1 2
5 3 10
2
7 11 12
6 4
8 7 5
3 13
9 6
14
8
sù vegetarian (lit. plain)

3
1
4
5 6
8 10
9
dòu bean
1
3
2
4
6
5
7
10
fǔ rotten; turn bad

1
2
3 7
4
6
8
5
11
10
9 12
13 14
fàng to put, to place

5
1
6
2
4 7
3
8
ròu meat
3
2
1
4
5
6
wǎn bowl
6
1 8
7
2
4 9 12
10
13
11
5
3
Lesson 12 | Dining
11
suān sour
8
9
1
5
4
2 3 11
10
12
13
6 14
là spicy, hot
12
1
8
2
4
3 9 10
5 11
7 14
6 13
tāng soup
1 4 5
1 4
6
2 7
2
8
6
5 9 10
11 12
3
3
wèi flavor, taste

6
4
2
1
5
8
7
3
12
jīng essence; refined

9
4
2 7
1 8
3 10
5 6 12
11
13
14
yán salt
4 7
2 8
1
6 9 10
1 5 2
3 12
13
11 14 15 17
4
3 5 18
16
7 19
6 9 21
8 20
22 23
10 24
mài to sell
2 2
1
1
3
5
3 7
7 4 6
4 8
5 10
9 11
6 12
8 13
14
15
wán finished
1
3
2
5
7
6
Lesson 12 | Dining
13
qīng blue, green

3
4
6
5
7
kě thirsty
5
1 4
6
2 7
8
9
10 11
12
3
xiē (measure word for an indefinite amount), some

6
1
5
2
3
8
gòu enough
1 1 7
6
7 2
2 3 8
8
4 9 4 10
3 10 5 9
5 11
11 6
14
è hungry
8 1 13
1
10 2 15
4 9
2 3
6 11
4
9 14
3 5 7 5
10
7 6
12
8
Lesson 12 | Dining
15
Dialogue 2: At the Dining Hall
fù teacher, instructor
8 9
1
3
5
4
2 6
7
11
10
12
táng sugar
4 7
2 9
8
1 13
10
3 11
5 6
12
15
14
16
cù vinegar
10
9
1
5
4
2 8
3
11
13
6 12
14
7
15
yú fish
1 1
2 2
4
4
3 3 6
6 5
5
7
Lesson 12 | Dining
7
8 9 10 11
8
17
tián sweet
1
9
8
3
2
7
10
5
4
6 11
jí extremely
2 2
5
6
6
1 5 1
4 10
3 3 7 8
4
7 9 11
12
shāo to burn
6 6
3
3
5
2
2 5 7 7
1 12
1 9 11
8
13
10
8 4
4 10 14
9 16
15
niú cow, ox
3
1
2
4
18
liáng cool
3 4
1
1
4 5
2
6 7
5 6
7 8
8 10 11
2 10 9
9
3
bàn to mix
8
2
5
4
1
6
7
3
guā melon, gourd

1
2
3 5
mǐ uncooked rice
4
2
1
3
6
5
Lesson 12 | Dining
19
wàng to forget
1
2
3
6 7
4
5
dài to bring, to take, to carry, to come with

3 2 3 6
4
2 5
1 1
4
5 6
9 7
8 11
7 8 10
9
qīng pure, clear

6
1
4
5
2
7
9
8
10
11
3
chǔ neat
2 6
5
1 8
4 7
3
9
10
11
12
13
20
guān to involve, to close

2 6
1 2 5
1 7
3
8
4 12
3 9 13
5 10
14
11
4
6 17 19
15 16
18
xì to relate to
1 1 3
2 4
3 5
2
6
4
5 7 9
6 7 8
Lesson 12 | Dining
21
Lesson 13: Asking Directions

Dialogue 1: Where Are You Off To?
yùn to move
5 1 2
10
1 9
3
5
6 2 4
11 6
3 4
7
8
7 12
dòng to move
6 1
11
1
2
7
4
5 3
2 5 10
3 6
4
páng side, edge

1
2
4
3
5 6
7
8 9
10
yuǎn far
Lesson 13 | Asking Directions
2
5
1 11
1
3
6 2
5
4 12
3 4 6 9
7 10
7 8
13
23
lí away from
1 1 11
13
2 2
3 6 3
4 4 6
5 14
5
17
12
15
9 9
8 8 16
7 10 7 10
18
huó to live; living

4
1
2 6
8
7
3
9
24
Dialogue 2: Going to Chinatown
ná to take, to get
1
2
3
5
4 6
7
10
8
cì (measure word for frequency)

3
1 4
5
6
2
cóng from
6
3 1 4
1
7
5
2
8
9
2 4 10
11
3
zhí straight
4
3
5
8
25
wǎng towards
1 4
2 5
7
6
3
nán south
2
4
3 6
5
7
9
8
guǎi to turn
2 2
5 5
4
4
1 6 6
1
8
7
8
3 7
3
āi (exclamatory particle to express surprise or dissatisfaction)

6 7
4 4
5 5 6
2 2
1 1
7 8
3 8 3 9
26
dēng light
7
3
3 8
2 5
2 6 9
1
5
6 1
10
4 12
4 11
13
15
14
16
yòu right
2
3
5
zuǒ left
2
gǔ grain, valley
2
1
3
4
6
5
7
27
Lesson 14: Birthday Party

Dialogue 1: Let’s Go to a Party!
biǎo (component in 表姐)

3
4 7
5 8
lǐ gift, ceremony
9
1 5 1 8
6
5
2 7
2
4
4 10
11
13
3 3 12 14
15 16
17
wù thing, matter
3
5
1
2 6
7 8
běn (measure word for books)

2
Lesson 14 | Birthday Party
1
4
3
5
29
yǐn to drink
1 1 9
4
2
2 3
5 10
4
3 5
6 7 11
6
7 12
8
liào material
4 10
2 7
1
8
3
5 9
6
bǎ (measure word for things with handles, for handfuls of things)

2
4
1
7 5
6
3
píng (component in苹果/蘋果)

3 3
2 1
4
1 2
5 6 12
4 7 13
6 15
8
5
8 14 16
9 11
10 17
7 18
19 20
30
lí pear
1 7
6
3
2 5
4
8 11
10
zhù to live (in a certain place)

1 3
6
2
5
zhòng heavy, serious

1
2
4
3
5
6
jiē to catch, to meet, to welcome

2 4
5
7
1 6
8
9 10
3 11
31
lóu multi-story building, floor (of a multi-level building)

8 12
2 6 2
5 6
5
7 7
1 10 8
9 1
3
4 3 9 10
4
11 12 11
13 14
15
13
32
Dialogue 2: Birthday Bash
zhōng clock
1 9 1 9
2 2 10
7 11 12
6
3 3 13
5 8 15
5 14
4 4 18
16
7
6 17
19
8
20
tóu head
4 8
1 1
9
11
3
2 10
2 12
4
13
3 6
5
14
5
7 16
15
cōng able to hear well

8 7
1
3 7 1 9
2 3
4 2 8 10 11
10 12
4
9
5
11 5
14 15
6 12 13 16
13 17
6 14 15
shǔ heat
2
1 3
4 8
6
5
7
10
9
11
12
33
bān class
6
7
1
9
3
5
2 8
4
10
shǔ to belong to
1 1
3 3
2
2 7
4
4 5
6 8
10
6 10
9 11 12
5 13
7 15
14
9 19
8 12
11 16 17
21
18
20
gǒu dog
4
1
2
3
7
6
8
liǎn face
5 5
2 2 6
1 6 1
3 7
3
4 7 11 12
4 9
10 13
8 9 8 10
14 16
15
11 17
34
yuán round
2 2
1 1 4
4
3 3 5
5
7 7
6 6 8
8 9
10
9 11 12
10 13
yǎn eye
2 9 6
1 7
3
8
10
11
4
jīng eyeball
8
6
2
1 7
3
9
4 11
10
12
5 13
bí nose
1
3
2 4
5
6
8
7 9 10
11
12
13 14
35
zuǐ mouth
9
4 8
5
6
2
1 10
3 7
11
13
12 16
14
15
dìng settled, decided

1
2 3
5
6
7
8
dàn egg
1
2 3
4
5
9
7
6
8
11
10
36
Characters from Proper Nouns
lún ethics, moral principles

1 3
3 1
4
4
2 2 5
5
6 7
6 8 9
10
mǔ housemaid
1
5
4 7
2
3
6

37
Lesson 15: Seeing a Doctor

Dialogue 1: My Stomach Is Killing Me!
bìng illness; to become ill

1
2
3
4
6
9
8
5 7 10
yuàn yard, compound

3 4
1 1
2 5 3 5 6
4
2
7
6
7 8
9 10
8 9
dù belly, abdomen, stomach

6
2
1
5
4
téng to ache
Lesson 15 | Seeing a Doctor
2
3
4 6 7
8
5
10
39
sǐ to die; (a complement indicating an extreme degree)

1
6
2
5
3
yè night
1
2
5
3 6
7
8
4
cè toilet, restroom
1
1
2
8 2
3 12
4
7 5
3 5 11
4
6
7
8
6
9
10
xiāng box, case

1 4
2 5
3 6
8
11 12
7 13
9 10
14
15
40
tǎng to lie, to recline

1
8
3
10
2
4 9
5
12
6 11 14
7
13 15
jiǎn to inspect, to examine

2 2 5
5
6
6
1
3 1
4 3 7 11 12
7
10 48 9
9 13
10
8
14 16
17
15
11
chá to look up
2
1
4
3
6
5
7
huài bad
2 4
2
4 5
5 7
6 8 9
1
6 1 10 14
12 11
7 16 15
3 3 13 18
19
17
41
zhēn needle
1 1 10
7
2
2
3 3
6 9
5 5
4 7
4
6
yào medicine
3 4
2 2
3
1 5
1 13
10 14
67
4 7 11 8
5 15
12 9
8
9 17
16 19
18
piàn (measure word for tablets, slices, etc.)

2
1
4
biàn (measure word for complete courses of an action or instances of an action)

1
10
2
4
3
11
6
9
8
5
7
12
42
Dialogue 2: Allergies
gǎn to feel, to sense

7 9
1
2 8
3
5
4 6
11 12 13
10
mào to belch, to emit

2
1
3
6
5
7
shēn body
1
3
2
4 7
5
tǐ body
4 15
1 2 14
1
4 12
3 11 13
3
6 6
5 5 16
2 8
7 17
9 19
18
10 20
7
21 22
23
43
yǎng itchy
1
1
2
3 7
3 2 6
7
4 6 4 8 10
9
8 11
14 13
11 12
5 9 5 15
16
18 17 19
10 20
mǐn nimble, agile

1 8
4 9
3
10
6 11
5
7
jiàn healthy
8
1
3
9
4
5
2
6
10 7
kāng healthy, affluent

1
2
3
7
4
5
6 10
8 11
9
44
bǎo insurance; to protect

1 4
3
5
7
2 6
9
8
xiǎn risk, danger

3 4
1
4 5
2 1
3
2 6
5
11
8 8
7 12
9 10
6 7
15
13 14 16
9
gǎn to rush
2 2
9
8
8 10
1 10 1 11
3 3 12
9 4 14
4 13
5 6 5
6
7
7
yuè to exceed
2 10
12
1
9 8
3 11
4 5
6
7
45
xiū to cease
4
1
3
6
5
2
xī to cease
1
3
2
4
5
6 10
7 8 9
lǎn lazy
2 8 11 8
2
11
12 4
3 4 3 12
1 1 6
6 14
14 5
5
7 13 15 7 13 15
10 10 16
9 9
17
18 19
16
luàn randomly, arbitrarily, messily

1
7 13
1 4
2 3
3
5
2 6
8
7 10
9
5
4 11
6 12
46

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n ui o nc naut o i d a in /duplication o t i docu nt in an o o an an i t ictl p o i it d

“Bringing Asia to the World”TM

Original Edition by Tao-chung Yao and Yuehua Liu

“Bringing Asia to the World”TM

Copyright © 2018, 2009, 2005, 1997 by Publisher

Lesson 11: Weather

Lesson 12: Dining

Lesson 13: Asking Directions

Lesson 14: Birthday Party

Lesson 15: Seeing a Doctor

Lesson 16: Dating

Lesson 17: Renting an Apartment

Lesson 18: Sports

Lesson 19: Travel

Lesson 20: At the Airport

Index A: Characters by Pinyin 85

Index B: Characters by Lesson and Pinyin 90

Stressing the importance of learning a new character by its components

Main features of the new Character Workbook

b. Pinyin and English definition are clearly noted

c. Radicals are highlighted

d. Stroke order is prominently displayed

e. "Training wheels" are provided

Note: Prefaces to the previous editions of IC are available at chengtsui.co.

Lesson 11: Weather

bǐ compared with (comparison marker), to compare

huá slippery; to slide

gāng just now, a moment ago

bào newspaper; to report

gèng even more

qiě (component in 而且)

fēi not, non-

zāo rotten, decayed

qiū autumn, fall

shū to relax; comfortable

Characters from Proper Nouns

Lesson 12: Dining

xiàng likeness, portrait

pán plate, dish

sù vegetarian (lit. plain)

fǔ rotten; turn bad

fàng to put, to place

wèi flavor, taste

jīng essence; refined

qīng blue, green

xiē (measure word for an indefinite amount), some

Dialogue 2: At the Dining Hall

guā melon, gourd

dài to bring, to take, to carry, to come with

qīng pure, clear

guān to involve, to close

Lesson 13: Asking Directions

páng side, edge

huó to live; living

Dialogue 2: Going to Chinatown

cì (measure word for frequency)

āi (exclamatory particle to express surprise or dissatisfaction)

Lesson 14: Birthday Party

biǎo (component in 表姐)

běn (measure word for books)

bǎ (measure word for things with handles, for handfuls of things)

píng (component in苹果/蘋果)

zhù to live (in a certain place)