Grade 1 Lesson 11 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 亮ㄌㄧㄤˋ·liàngbright, brilliant, radiantradical 亠 · 9 strokes漂亮 piào liang — pretty月亮 yuè liang — the moon多漂亮的花啊! — What a beautiful flower!
• 漂ㄆㄧㄠ·piāoto drift, to float, to be tossed aboutradical 氵 · 14 strokes漂亮 piào liang — pretty漂浮 piāo fú — to float多漂亮的花啊! — What a beautiful flower!
• 久ㄐㄧㄡˇ·jiǔlong ago, a long timeradical 丿 · 3 strokes不久 bù jiǔ — not long多久 duō jiǔ — how long?好久不見了。 — Long time no see.
• 加ㄐㄧㄚ·jiāto add to, to increase, to augmentradical 力 · 5 strokes加上 jiā shàng — plus加以 jiā yǐ — to applyTom是加拿大人嗎? — Is Tom Canadian?
• 哭ㄎㄨ·kūto weep, to cry, to wailradical 口 · 10 strokes大哭 dà kū — to cry loudly哭聲 kū shēng — sound of weeping我們都哭了。 — We both cried.
• 學ㄒㄩㄝˊ·xuélearning, knowledge, scienceradical 子 · 16 strokes學生 xué sheng — student大學 dà xué — university我們是學生。 — We are students.
• 常ㄔㄤˊ·chángcommon, general, normalradical 巾 · 11 strokes常常 cháng cháng — frequently正常 zhèng cháng — normal我們不常做。 — We don't do it very often.
• 後ㄏㄡˋ·hòuafter, behind, rearradical 彳 · 9 strokes後來 hòu lái — afterwards以後 yǐ hòu — after他站在門後。 — He was standing behind the door.
• 橡ㄒㄧㄤˋ·xiàngchestnut oak, rubber tree, rubberradical 木 · 15 strokes橡樹 xiàng shù — oak橡皮 xiàng pí — rubber這是一棵橡樹。 — It's an oak tree.
• 正ㄓㄥˋ·zhèngstraight, right, properradical 止 · 5 strokes正是 zhèng shì — is precisely正常 zhèng cháng — normal她正要出去。 — She was about to leave.
• 油ㄧㄡˊ·yúoil, fat, greaseradical 氵 · 8 strokes油畫 yóu huà — oil painting油田 yóu tián — oil field燃油表壞了。 — The fuel gauge is broken.
• 皮ㄆㄧˊ·pískin, hide, furradical 皮 · 5 strokes皮子 pí zi — skin羊皮 yáng pí — sheepskin我吃不下雞皮。 — I don't eat chicken skin.
• 確ㄑㄩㄝˋ·quècertain, sure, definiteradical 石 · 15 strokes確定 què dìng — definite正確 zhèng què — correct我不太確定。 — I can't say for sure.
• 試ㄕˋ·shìto try, to experiment, examradical 言 · 13 strokes面試 miàn shì — to be interviewed試用 shì yòng — to try sth out試著不要哭。 — Try to keep from crying.
• 進ㄐㄧㄣˋ·jìnto advance, to make progress, to come inradical 辶 · 11 strokes進行 jìn xíng — to proceed進來 jìn lái — to come in進來，門開著。 — Come in, it's open.
• 鉛ㄑㄧㄢ·qiānleadradical 釒 · 13 strokes鉛筆 qiān bǐ — pencil鉛字 qiān zì — type請用鉛筆寫。 — Please write with a pencil.
• 錯ㄘㄨㄛˋ·cuòerror, mistake, incorrectradical 釒 · 16 strokes不錯 bù cuò — correct錯誤 cuò wù — mistaken是誰的錯呢？ — Who's at fault?
• 需ㄒㄩ·xūto need, to require, mustradical 雨 · 14 strokes需要 xū yào — to need需求 xū qiú — requirement這需要時間。 — It takes time.