Grade 2 Lesson 4 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 乖ㄍㄨㄞ·guāiobedient, well-behaved, cleverradical 丿 · 8 strokes乖乖 guāi guai — goodness gracious!乖覺 guāi jué — perceptive
• 偷ㄊㄡ·tōuto steal, burglar, thiefradical 亻 · 11 strokes偷看 tōu kàn — to peep偷聽 tōu tīng — to eavesdrop
• 划ㄏㄨㄚˊ·huáto row or paddle a boat, to scratch, to planradical 刂 · 6 strokes划船 huá chuán — to row a boat划算 huá suàn — to calculate這計劃如何？ — How is this plan?
• 只ㄓˇ·zhǐonly, merely, justradical 口 · 5 strokes只要 zhǐ yào — so long as只能 zhǐ néng — can only我有兩隻貓。 — I have two cats.
• 呱ㄍㄨㄚ·guāto wail, to cry, to swear atradical 口 · 8 strokes呱呱 gū gū — the crying of a baby呱呱叫 guā guā jiào — excellent
• 如ㄖㄨˊ·rúas, as if, likeradical 女 · 6 strokes如果 rú guǒ — if如今 rú jīn — nowadays如果餓了，吃吧。 — If you're hungry, eat.
• 影ㄧㄥˇ·yǐngshadow, image, reflectionradical 彡 · 15 strokes影響 yǐng xiǎng — influence影片 yǐng piàn — a copy of a film我不喜歡電影。 — I don't like movies.
• 抓ㄓㄨㄚ·zhuāto clutch, to grab, to seizeradical 扌 · 7 strokes抓住 zhuā zhù — to grab hold of抓緊 zhuā jǐn — to keep a firm grip on請抓緊時間。 — Please hurry.
• 明ㄇㄧㄥˊ·míngbright, clear, to explainradical 日 · 8 strokes明白 míng bai — clear明確 míng què — clear-cut我還不明白。 — I'm still puzzled.
• 果ㄍㄨㄛˇ·guǒfruit, nut, resultradical 木 · 8 strokes如果 rú guǒ — if果然 guǒ rán — really我喜歡吃水果。 — I like eating fruit.
• 猜ㄘㄞ·cāito guess, to conjecture, to supposeradical 犭 · 11 strokes猜想 cāi xiǎng — to guess猜中 cāi zhòng — to guess correctly猜猜我遇到什麼事了！ — Guess what happened to me.
• 瓜ㄍㄨㄚ·guāmelon, gourd, squashradical 瓜 · 5 strokes瓜分 guā fēn — to partition瓜子 guā zǐ — melon seed我喜歡西瓜的味道。 — I like the taste of watermelon.
• 腦ㄋㄠˇ·nǎobrainradical ⺼ · 13 strokes腦袋 nǎo dai — head電腦 diàn nǎo — computer我沒有電腦。 — I don't have a computer.
• 蟆ㄇㄚˊ·máfrog, toadradical 虫 · 16 strokes蛤蟆 há ma — frog哈士蟆 hà shi má — Chinese brown frog
• 袋ㄉㄞˋ·dàibag, sack, pocketradical 衣 · 11 strokes腦袋 nǎo dai — head口袋 kǒu dài — pocket我想要那個袋子。 — I want that bag.
• 證ㄓㄥˋ·zhèngto prove, to verify, certificateradical 言 · 19 strokes證明 zhèng míng — proof保證 bǎo zhèng — guarantee我的證件丟了。 — I lost my papers.
• 近ㄐㄧㄣˋ·jìnto approach, near, closeradical 辶 · 7 strokes最近 zuì jìn — recently近日 jìn rì — the past few days我最近很忙。 — I'm very busy these days.
• 靠ㄎㄠˋ·kàonearby, to depend on, to lean onradical 非 · 15 strokes靠近 kào jìn — to be close to可靠 kě kào — reliable我全靠自己。 — I did everything by myself.
• 頂ㄉㄧㄥˇ·dǐngtop, summit, peakradical 頁 · 11 strokes頭頂 tóu dǐng — top of the head屋頂 wū dǐng — roof我現在在屋頂上。 — I'm on the roof now.