Grade 1 Lesson 1 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 路ㄌㄨˋ·lùroad, path, streetradical 足 · 13 strokes路上 lù shang — on the road道路 dào lù — road他走路很快。 — He walks fast.
• 裡ㄌㄧˇ·lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km, village, laneradical 衤 · 12 strokes裡外 lǐ wài — inside and out裡子 lǐ zi — lining我在這裡吃。 — I eat here.
• 冬ㄉㄨㄥ·dōngwinter, 11th lunar monthradical ⺀ · 5 strokes冬天 dōng tiān — winter冬日 dōng rì — wintertime我在冬天出生。 — I was born in the winter.
• 冰ㄅㄧㄥ·bīngice, ice-coldradical 冫 · 6 strokes冰冷 bīng lěng — ice-cold冰山 bīng shān — iceberg真的很冰冷。 — It's frozen hard.
• 冷ㄌㄥˇ·lěngcold, cool, lonelyradical 冫 · 7 strokes冷笑 lěng xiào — to sneer冷水 lěng shuǐ — cold water真的很冰冷。 — It's frozen hard.
• 洗ㄒㄧˇ·xǐto bathe, to rinse, to washradical 氵 · 9 strokes洗澡 xǐ zǎo — to bathe洗手 xǐ shǒu — to wash one's hands請幫我洗背。 — Please wash my back.
• 澡ㄗㄠˇ·zǎoto wash, to batheradical 氵 · 16 strokes洗澡 xǐ zǎo — to bathe泡澡 pào zǎo — to bathe我每天都洗澡。 — I bathe every day.
• 狗ㄍㄡˇ·gǒudogradical 犭 · 8 strokes走狗 zǒu gǒu — hunting dog狗屋 gǒu wū — doghouse這是我的狗。 — This is my dog.
• 當ㄉㄤ·dāngappropriate, timely, to actradical 田 · 13 strokes當時 dāng shí — then當然 dāng rán — only natural自己當心啊。 — Watch yourself.
• 還ㄏㄞˊ·háialso, besides, stillradical 辶 · 16 strokes還有 hái yǒu — there still remain還是 hái shi — still誰還在這裡？ — Who's still here?
• 春ㄔㄨㄣ·chūnspringtime, joyful, lustfulradical 日 · 9 strokes春秋 chūn qiū — spring and autumn春天 chūn tiān — spring春天快來了。 — It'll be spring soon.
• 綠ㄌㄩˋ·lǜgreen, chlorineradical 糹 · 14 strokes綠色 lǜ sè — green常綠 cháng lǜ — evergreen樹是綠的。 — The trees are green.
• 著ㄓㄨˋ·zhùto show, to prove, to make knownradical 艹 · 11 strokes著名 zhù míng — famous著作 zhù zuò — to write試著不要哭。 — Try to keep from crying.
• 媽ㄇㄚ·māmother, mamaradical 女 · 13 strokes媽媽 mā ma — mama大媽 dà mā — father's elder brother's wife我回來了，媽！ — I'm home, Mom!
• 坐ㄗㄨㄛˋ·zuòseat, to sit, to rideradical 土 · 7 strokes坐下 zuò xia — to sit down坐定 zuò dìng — to be seated我就坐這兒。 — I'll just sit here.
• 就ㄐㄧㄡˋ·jiùjust, simply, to go toradical 尢 · 12 strokes就是 jiù shì — exactly就要 jiù yào — will我這就上路。 — I'm on my way.
• 氣ㄑㄧˋ·qìair, gas, steamradical 气 · 10 strokes氣溫 qì wēn — air temperature空氣 kōng qì — air我生她的氣。 — I'm angry with her.
• 暖ㄋㄨㄢˇ·nuǎnwarm, genialradical 日 · 13 strokes溫暖 wēn nuǎn — warm暖和 nuǎn huo — warm這裡是溫暖的。 — It's warm in here.
• 呀ㄧㄚ·yāparticle used to express surpriseradical 口 · 7 strokes天呀 tiān ya — Heavens!啊呀 ā yā — interjection of surprise時間過得多快呀。 — How time flies!
• 美ㄇㄟˇ·měibeautiful, pretty, pleasingradical 羊 · 9 strokes美麗 měi lì — beautiful美好 měi hǎo — beautiful那是完美的。 — That's perfect.
• 弟ㄉㄧˋ·dìyoung brother, juniorradical 弓 · 7 strokes弟子 dì zǐ — disciple弟弟 dì di — younger brother他是我弟弟。 — He's my younger brother.