Grade 1 Lesson 4 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 要ㄧㄠˋ·yàoessential, necessary, to ask forradical 覀 · 9 strokes需要 xū yào — to need不要 bù yào — don't!不要說話了。 — Stop talking.
• 話ㄏㄨㄚˋ·huàtalk, speech, languageradical 言 · 13 strokes說話 shuō huà — to speak的話 de huà — if他們在說話。 — They're talking.
• 做ㄗㄨㄛˋ·zuòto work, to make, to actradical 亻 · 11 strokes做出 zuò chū — to put out做到 zuò dào — to accomplish我們會去做。 — We'll do that.
• 什ㄕㄣˊ·shénwhat? mixed, miscellaneousradical 亻 · 4 strokes什麼 shén me — what?什麼樣 shén me yàng — what kind?這是什麼啊？ — What's this?
• 卡ㄎㄚˇ·kǎcard, punch card, calorieradical 卜 · 5 strokes卡拉 kǎ lā — karaoke卡片 kǎ piàn — cardTom處理了卡片。 — Tom dealt the cards.
• 呢ㄋㄜ˙·newool, interrogative or emphatic final particleradical 口 · 8 strokes花呢 huā ní — fancy suiting呢子 ní zi — dense wool fabric是誰的錯呢？ — Who's at fault?
• 姐ㄐㄧㄝˇ·jiěelder sister, miss, young ladyradical 女 · 8 strokes姐姐 jiě jie — older sister小姐 xiǎo jie — young lady她是Tom的姐姐。 — She's Tom's sister.
• 寫ㄒㄧㄝˇ·xiěto write, to draw, to sketchradical 宀 · 15 strokes寫下 xiě xià — to write down書寫 shū xiě — to write請用鉛筆寫。 — Please write with a pencil.
• 張ㄓㄤ·zhāngto display, to expand, to openradical 弓 · 11 strokes主張 zhǔ zhāng — to advocate緊張 jǐn zhāng — nervous這張書桌是我的。 — This desk is mine.
• 日ㄖˋ·rìsun, day, daytimeradical 日 · 4 strokes日子 rì zi — day今日 jīn rì — today我看了日出。 — I saw the sunrise.
• 爸ㄅㄚˋ·bàfather, paparadical 父 · 8 strokes爸爸 bà ba — father老爸 lǎo bà — father我爸爸很忙。 — My dad is busy.
• 片ㄆㄧㄢˋ·piànslice, splinter, pageradical 片 · 4 strokes片刻 piàn kè — short period of time大片 dà piàn — wide expanseTom處理了卡片。 — Tom dealt the cards.
• 生ㄕㄥ·shēnglife, lifetime, birthradical 生 · 5 strokes學生 xué sheng — student生長 shēng zhǎng — to grow我是個學生。 — I'm a student.
• 送ㄙㄨㄥˋ·sòngto see off, to send off, to dispatchradical 辶 · 9 strokes送給 sòng gěi — to send推送 tuī sòng — server push她想知道是誰送的花。 — She wants to know who sent the flowers.
• 畫ㄏㄨㄚˋ·huàpicture, painting, drawingradical 田 · 12 strokes畫家 huà jiā — painter畫像 huà xiàng — portrait這畫不錯。 — The picture is nice.
• 束ㄕㄨˋ·shùto bind, to control, to restrainradical 木 · 7 strokes結束 jié shù — to end約束 yuē shù — to restrict你結束了嗎？ — Are you finished?