Grade 2 Lesson 3 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 便ㄅㄧㄢˋ·biàneasy, convenient, expedientradical 亻 · 9 strokes便宜 biàn yí — convenient方便 fāng biàn — convenient數大便是美。 — The more, the better.
• 容ㄖㄨㄥˊ·róngappearance, looks, formradical 宀 · 10 strokes容易 róng yì — easy內容 nèi róng — content這車容易開。 — This car handles very easily.
• 新ㄒㄧㄣ·xīnnew, recent, freshradical 斤 · 13 strokes新聞 xīn wén — news重新 chóng xīn — again我是新來的。 — I'm new here.
• 易ㄧˋ·yìto change, to exchange, to traderadical 日 · 8 strokes容易 róng yì — easy易於 yì yú — very likely這車容易開。 — This car handles very easily.
• 歡ㄏㄨㄢ·huānhappy, glad, joyfulradical 欠 · 22 strokes歡迎 huān yíng — to welcome喜歡 xǐ huan — to like我喜歡足球。 — I like soccer.
• 為ㄨㄟˊ·wéito do, to act, to handleradical 灬 · 12 strokes為主 wéi zhǔ — to rely mainly on為人 wéi rén — to conduct oneself為什麼是我？ — Why me?
• 聲ㄕㄥ·shēngsound, noise, voiceradical 耳 · 17 strokes聲音 shēng yīn — sound聲明 shēng míng — to state他聽到了叫聲。 — He heard a shout.
• 聽ㄊㄧㄥ·tīngto hear, to listen, to understandradical 耳 · 22 strokes聽說 tīng shuō — to hear聽到 tīng dào — to hear聽我說，好嗎？ — Listen to me, OK?
• 被ㄅㄟˋ·bèibedding, a passive particle meaning "by"radical 衤 · 10 strokes被動 bèi dòng — passive被子 bèi zi — blanket門被踢開了。 — The door was kicked open.
• 言ㄧㄢˊ·yánwords, speech, to speakradical 言 · 7 strokes語言 yǔ yán — language言語 yán yǔ — words他很少食言。 — He seldom breaks his promise.
• 語ㄩˇ·yǔwords, language, sayingradical 言 · 14 strokes語言 yǔ yán — language言語 yán yǔ — words我不說日語。 — I can't speak Japanese.
• 謝ㄒㄧㄝˋ·xièto thank, to refuse politelyradical 言 · 17 strokes謝謝 xiè xie — to thank多謝 duō xiè — many thanks不，謝謝，我飽了。 — No more, thank you. I'm full.
• 趣ㄑㄩˋ·qùinterest, interesting, what attracts one's attentionradical 走 · 15 strokes興趣 xìng qù — interest有趣 yǒu qù — interesting今天很有趣。 — Today was fun.
• 躲ㄉㄨㄛˇ·duǒto evade, to escape, to hideradical 身 · 13 strokes躲閃 duǒ shǎn — to evade躲開 duǒ kāi — to stay out ofTom躲在桌子底下。 — Tom hid under the table.
• 遵ㄗㄨㄣ·zūnto follow, to comply with, to honorradical 辶 · 15 strokes遵守 zūn shǒu — to comply with遵照 zūn zhào — in accordance with我遵守規矩。 — I follow the rules.
• 邊ㄅㄧㄢ·biānborder, edge, marginradical 辶 · 18 strokes身邊 shēn biān — at one's side邊界 biān jiè — boundary那邊有人嗎？ — Is anybody there?
• 重ㄓㄨㄥˋ·zhòngheavy, weighty, to doubleradical 里 · 9 strokes重要 zhòng yào — important重大 zhòng dà — great想法很重要。 — Ideas matter.
• 點ㄉㄧㄢˇ·diǎndot, point, speckradical 黑 · 17 strokes重點 chóng diǎn — to recount點頭 diǎn tóu — to nod我們要快點。 — We need to hurry.