Grade 2 · first semester, Lesson 1
Grade 2 Lesson 1 Chinese characters
These are the 16 characters taught in Grade 2, first semester, Lesson 1. Every one shows Zhuyin and Pinyin, its meaning, its radical and its stroke count. In CharGem your child traces each one, then writes it from memory. Grade 1 is free; this grade is part of the subscription.
This lesson's characters
- 候ㄏㄡˋ·hòuto wait, to expect, to visitradical 亻 · 10 strokes時候 shí hou — time氣候 qì hòu — climate是時候離開了。 — It's time to leave.
- 兔ㄊㄨˋ·tùrabbit, hareradical 儿 · 8 strokes兔子 tù zi — hare白兔 bái tù — white rabbit我喜歡兔子。 — I like rabbits.
- 塞ㄙㄞ·sāito stop up, to seal, to corkradical 土 · 13 strokes活塞 huó sāi — piston要塞 yào sài — stronghold廁所塞住了。 — The toilet is backed up.
- 慢ㄇㄢˋ·mànslowly, leisurely, sluggishradical 忄 · 14 strokes慢慢 màn màn — slowly放慢 fàng màn — to reduce the pace他慢慢地走。 — He walks slowly.
- 汗ㄏㄢˋ·hànperspiration, sweatradical 氵 · 6 strokes汗水 hàn shuǐ — sweat冷汗 lěng hàn — cold sweat我正流著汗。 — I'm dripping with sweat.
- 滿ㄇㄢˇ·mǎnto fill, full, packedradical 氵 · 14 strokes滿足 mǎn zú — to satisfy滿意 mǎn yì — satisfied他們滿意了。 — They are satisfied.
- 猴ㄏㄡˊ·hóumonkey, ape, like a monkeyradical 犭 · 12 strokes猴子 hóu zi — monkey猴兒 hóu r — monkey猴子爬上了樹。 — The monkey climbed up a tree.
- 由ㄧㄡˊ·yúcause, reason, fromradical 田 · 5 strokes由於 yóu yú — due to自由 zì yóu — freedom我只要自由。 — All I want is my freedom.
- 箏ㄓㄥ·zhēngguzheng, zither, string instrumentradical ⺮ · 14 strokes風箏 fēng zheng — kite古箏 gǔ zhēng — guzheng讓我們放風箏。 — Let's fly a kite.
- 腳ㄐㄧㄠˇ·jiǎoleg, foot, foundationradical ⺼ · 13 strokes腳步 jiǎo bù — footstep腳下 jiǎo xià — under the foot人有兩隻腳。 — People have two legs.
- 轉ㄓㄨㄢˇ·zhuǎnto move, to convey, to turnradical 車 · 18 strokes轉變 zhuǎn biàn — to change轉身 zhuǎn shēn — to turn round天氣轉好了。 — The weather turned better.
- 遠ㄩㄢˇ·yuǎndistant, remote, farradical 辶 · 13 strokes遠遠 yuǎn yuǎn — distant遠處 yuǎn chù — distant place不是那麼遠。 — It's not that far.
- 頭ㄊㄡˊ·tóuhead, chief, bossradical 頁 · 16 strokes頭上 tóu shàng — overhead點頭 diǎn tóu — to nod我回過頭去。 — I looked over my shoulder.
- 飄ㄆㄧㄠ·piāoto drift, to float, to flutterradical 風 · 20 strokes飄飄 piāo piāo — to float about飄然 piāo rán — to float in the air
- 飛ㄈㄟ·fēito fly, to dart, highradical 飛 · 9 strokes飛行 fēi xíng — to fly飛機 fēi jī — airplane放飛鳥兒。 — Let the bird fly away.
- 鳥ㄋㄧㄠˇ·niǎobirdradical 鳥 · 11 strokes鳥兒 niǎo r — bird鳥類 niǎo lèi — birds那隻鳥是什麼？ — What's that bird?