Grade 1 Lesson 5 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 急ㄐㄧˊ·jíanxious, worried, hastyradical 心 · 9 strokes急忙 jí máng — hastily急需 jí xū — to urgently need我們很急。 — We're in a hurry.
• 找ㄓㄠˇ·zhǎoto search for, to look for, to findradical 扌 · 7 strokes找到 zhǎo dào — to find找出 zhǎo chū — to find我們在找他。 — We're looking for him.
• 以ㄧˇ·yǐaccording to, so as to, because ofradical 人 · 4 strokes可以 kě yǐ — can以後 yǐ hòu — after可以給我嗎？ — Can I have it?
• 但ㄉㄢˋ·dànonly, but, howeverradical 亻 · 7 strokes但是 dàn shì — but不但 bù dàn — not only但是，我不要。 — But I don't want to.
• 先ㄒㄧㄢ·xiānfirst, former, previousradical 儿 · 6 strokes先生 xiān sheng — teacher先進 xiān jìn — sophisticated他開了先河。 — He set a precedent.
• 再ㄗㄞˋ·zàiagain, twice, re-radical 冂 · 6 strokes再說 zài shuō — to say again不再 bù zài — no more來，再試試看。 — Come on, try again.
• 可ㄎㄜˇ·kěmay, can, -ableradical 口 · 5 strokes可以 kě yǐ — can可能 kě néng — might可以給我嗎？ — Can I have it?
• 外ㄨㄞˋ·wàiout, outside, externalradical 夕 · 5 strokes外面 wài miàn — outside對外 duì wài — external這真是很意外。 — That is rather unexpected.
• 字ㄗˋ·zìcharacter, letter, symbolradical 子 · 6 strokes數字 shù zì — numeral字數 zì shù — number of written characters這個字是什麼意思? — What's the meaning of this word?
• 才ㄘㄞˊ·cáiability, talent, giftradical 扌 · 3 strokes人才 rén cái — talent才能 cái néng — talent我才沒想哭。 — I didn't mean to cry.
• 課ㄎㄜˋ·kèsubject, lesson, courseradical 言 · 15 strokes課題 kè tí — task上課 shàng kè — to go to class我今天沒課。 — I don't have classes today.
• 跳ㄊㄧㄠˋ·tiàoto hop, to skip, to jumpradical 足 · 13 strokes跳出 tiào chū — to jump out跳動 tiào dòng — to throb我跳進了河裡。 — I dove into the river.
• 雀ㄑㄩㄝˋ·quèsparrowradical 隹 · 11 strokes麻雀 má què — sparrow孔雀 kǒng què — peafowl紅髮的人往往有雀斑。 — Red-haired people tend to have freckles.
• 麻ㄇㄚˊ·máhemp, flax, sesameradical 麻 · 11 strokes麻煩 má fan — trouble麻雀 má què — sparrow不用麻煩了。 — Don't bother.
• 窗ㄔㄨㄤ·chuāngwindowradical 穴 · 12 strokes窗口 chuāng kǒu — window窗戶 chuāng hu — window可以開窗嗎？ — Can I open the window?