Grade 2 Lesson 2 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 臉ㄌㄧㄢˇ·liǎnface, cheek, reputationradical ⺼ · 17 strokes臉色 liǎn sè — complexion滿臉 mǎn liǎn — across one's whole face她有張圓臉。 — She has a round face.
• 低ㄉㄧ·dīlow, to lower, to hangradical 亻 · 7 strokes低聲 dī shēng — in a low voice低於 dī yú — to be lower than她總是低聲地說話。 — She always speaks in a low voice.
• 作ㄗㄨㄛˋ·zuòto make, to write, to composeradical 亻 · 7 strokes工作 gōng zuò — to work作用 zuò yòng — to act on做更多工作。 — Work more.
• 別ㄅㄧㄝˊ·biéto separate, to distinguish, to classifyradical 刂 · 7 strokes特別 tè bié — unusual別人 bié ren — other people我們別吵了。 — Let's not argue.
• 則ㄗㄜˊ·zérule, law, regulationradical 刂 · 9 strokes原則 yuán zé — principle規則 guī zé — rule世界語只有16個語法規則。 — In Esperanto there are only 16 grammar rules.
• 卻ㄑㄩㄝˋ·quèstill, but, declineradical 卩 · 9 strokes卻是 què shì — nevertheless冷卻 lěng què — to cool他保證過會來卻沒有來。 — He promised to come, but he didn't come.
• 呼ㄏㄨ·hūto breathe, to exhale, to sighradical 口 · 8 strokes呼聲 hū shēng — a shout招呼 zhāo hu — to call out to小孩大聲呼叫。 — The child cried loudly.
• 始ㄕˇ·shǐto begin, to start, beginningradical 女 · 8 strokes開始 kāi shǐ — to begin始終 shǐ zhōng — from beginning to end我們開始吧！ — Let's go!
• 守ㄕㄡˇ·shǒuto defend, to guard, to protectradical 宀 · 6 strokes遵守 zūn shǒu — to comply with保守 bǎo shǒu — conservative我們很保守。 — We're conservative.
• 戲ㄒㄧˋ·xìplay, show, theaterradical 戈 · 17 strokes戲曲 xì qǔ — Chinese opera戲臺 xì tái — stage這可不是兒戲。 — It's not fun and games.
• 指ㄓˇ·zhǐfinger, toe, to pointradical 扌 · 9 strokes指出 zhǐ chū — to indicate指定 zhǐ dìng — to appoint不能用手指人。 — Don't point at others.
• 次ㄘˋ·cìorder, sequence, secondradical 欠 · 6 strokes次數 cì shù — number of times多次 duō cì — many times這次別迷路。 — Try not to get lost this time.
• 犯ㄈㄢˋ·fàncriminal, to violate, to commit a crimeradical 犭 · 5 strokes犯人 fàn rén — convict犯規 fàn guī — to break the rules
• 耳ㄦˇ·ěrear, to hear, to hear ofradical 耳 · 6 strokes耳朵 ěr duo — ear耳光 ěr guāng — a slap on the face我們用耳朵聽。 — We hear with our ears.
• 規ㄍㄨㄟ·guīrules, regulations, customsradical 見 · 11 strokes規定 guī dìng — to stipulate法規 fǎ guī — legislation世界語只有16個語法規則。 — In Esperanto there are only 16 grammar rules.
• 身ㄕㄣ·shēnbody, torso, personradical 身 · 7 strokes身上 shēn shang — on the body身體 shēn tǐ — the body我身體很好。 — I'm healthy.
• 遊ㄧㄡˊ·yústo wander, to travel, to roamradical 辶 · 12 strokes旅遊 lǚ yóu — trip遊客 yóu kè — traveler他遊過了河。 — He swam across the river.
• 馬ㄇㄚˇ·mǎhorse, surnameradical 馬 · 10 strokes馬上 mǎ shàng — at once人馬 rén mǎ — men and horses我馬上就來。 — I'll be right with you.