Grade 2 Lesson 11 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 主ㄓㄨˇ·zhǔto own, to host, masterradical 丶 · 5 strokes主要 zhǔ yào — main主張 zhǔ zhāng — to advocate我沒主意了。 — I'm running out of ideas.
• 仔ㄗˇ·zǐsmall thing, child, young animalradical 亻 · 5 strokes仔細 zǐ xì — careful牛仔 niú zǎi — cowboy仔細聽著。 — Listen carefully.
• 刻ㄎㄜˋ·kèto carve, to engrave, a quarter hourradical 刂 · 8 strokes立刻 lì kè — immediately時刻 shí kè — time我會立刻開始。 — I'll get started right away.
• 力ㄌㄧˋ·lìstrength, power, capabilityradical 力 · 2 strokes能力 néng lì — capability努力 nǔ lì — to make an effort我沒力氣了。 — I have no strength.
• 報ㄅㄠˋ·bàoto announce, to report, newspaperradical 土 · 12 strokes報告 bào gào — to inform報道 bào dào — to report他停下讀報。 — He stopped reading the newspaper.
• 妖ㄧㄠ·yāostrange, weird, supernaturalradical 女 · 7 strokes
• 巴ㄅㄚ·bāto desire, to wish forradical 巳 · 4 strokes巴掌 bā zhang — palm of the hand尾巴 wěi ba — tail她趕上了巴士。 — She was in time for the bus.
• 底ㄉㄧˇ·dǐbottom, underside, belowradical 广 · 8 strokes到底 dào dǐ — finally底下 dǐ xia — the location below sth到底怎麼了？ — What on earth is the matter?
• 怪ㄍㄨㄞˋ·guàiunusual, strange, peculiarradical 忄 · 8 strokes奇怪 qí guài — strange怪物 guài wu — monster有點奇怪。 — It's sort of strange.
• 慌ㄏㄨㄤ·huāngfrantic, nervous, panickedradical 忄 · 12 strokes慌忙 huāng máng — in a great rush慌張 huāng zhāng — flustered不要恐慌！ — Don't panic!
• 扇ㄕㄢˋ·shànfan, panel, to flapradical 户 · 10 strokes扇子 shàn zi — fan扇形 shàn xíng — circular sector我要那個電風扇。 — I want the fan.
• 播ㄅㄛ·bōto sow seeds, to scatter, to broadcastradical 扌 · 15 strokes傳播 chuán bō — to disseminate直播 zhí bō — to broadcast live我喜歡聽廣播。 — I like to listen to the radio.
• 立ㄌㄧˋ·lìto stand, to establish, to set upradical 立 · 5 strokes成立 chéng lì — to establish立刻 lì kè — immediately我會立刻開始。 — I'll get started right away.
• 變ㄅㄧㄢˋ·biànto change, to transform, to alterradical 言 · 23 strokes變成 biàn chéng — to change into改變 gǎi biàn — to change燈由紅變綠。 — The light changed from red to green.
• 閒ㄒㄧㄢˊ·xiánleisure, idle time, tranquilradical 門 · 12 strokes閒話 xián huà — casual conversation閒人 xián rén — idle person我可沒有那閒空。 — I don't have that kind of time.
• 闖ㄔㄨㄤˇ·chuǎngto rush in, to charge in, to burst inradical 門 · 18 strokes闖進 chuǎng jìn — to burst in闖入 chuǎng rù — to intrude他們闖進了珠寶店。 — They broke into the jewelry shop.
• 竟ㄐㄧㄥˋ·jìngfinally, after all, at lastradical 立 · 11 strokes竟然 jìng rán — unexpectedly竟敢 jìng gǎn — to have the impertinence她竟敢說出來。 — She had the nerve to speak out.