Grade 1 · first semester, Lesson 2

Grade 1 Lesson 2 Chinese characters

These are the 11 characters taught in Grade 1, first semester, Lesson 2. Every one shows Zhuyin and Pinyin, its meaning, its radical and its stroke count. Your child can trace each one and then write it from memory, free in the browser.

This lesson's characters

  • ㄅㄞˊ·báiwhite, clear, pureradical · 5 strokes白色 bái sèwhite白天 bái tiāndaytime白天越來越長了。Days are getting longer.
  • ㄉㄚˋ·big, great, vastradical · 3 strokes大學 dà xuéuniversity大家 dà jiāeveryone很大, 不是嗎?Large, isn't it?
  • ㄨㄢˊ·wánto play with, to joke, to entertainradical · 8 strokes玩笑 wán xiàoto joke玩家 wán jiāplayer我也不想玩。I don't feel like playing either.
  • ㄌㄞˊ·láito arrive, to come, to returnradical · 8 strokes起來 qǐ laito stand up出來 chū láito come out我會記下來。I'll keep it.
  • ㄉㄜ˙·deaim, goal, ofradical · 8 strokes的話 de huàif真的 zhēn dereally是的,我知道。Yes, I know.
  • ㄅㄨˋ·no, not, un-radical · 4 strokes不是 bù shìno不能 bù néngcannot誰也不知道。No one knows.
  • ㄇㄣ˙·menplural marker for pronouns and some nounsradical · 10 strokes我們 wǒ menwe他們 tā menthey我們幫忙了。We helped out.
  • ㄆㄠˇ·pǎoto run, to flee, to escaperadical · 12 strokes跑道 pǎo dàoathletic track跑步 pǎo bùto run他跑了起來。He began to run.
  • ㄊㄧㄥˊ·tíngto suspend, to halt, to delayradical · 11 strokes不停 bù tíngincessant停下 tíng xiàto stop我真的想停下來。I really want to stop.
  • ㄈㄥ·fēngwind, air, customsradical · 9 strokes風光 fēng guāngscene風險 fēng xiǎnrisk風很大,但不冷。It's very windy, but it isn't cold.
  • ㄔㄨㄟ·chuīto blow, to puff, to bragradical · 7 strokes吹捧 chuī pěngto flatter吹風 chuī fēngto let the wind blow on oneself我不想吹牛。I don't mean to brag.