Grade 2 Lesson 7 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 保ㄅㄠˇ·bǎoto safeguard, to protect, to defendradical 亻 · 9 strokes保持 bǎo chí — to keep保證 bǎo zhèng — guarantee我們很保守。 — We're conservative.
• 剛ㄍㄤ·gānghard, strong, toughradical 刂 · 10 strokes剛剛 gāng gang — just recently剛好 gāng hǎo — just我剛才吐了。 — I just threw up.
• 南ㄋㄢˊ·nánsouth, southern, southwardradical 十 · 9 strokes南方 nán fāng — south西南 xī nán — southwest南非很遠。 — South Africa is far away.
• 味ㄨㄟˋ·wìtaste, smell, odorradical 口 · 8 strokes味道 wèi dao — flavor風味 fēng wèi — distinctive flavor這是什麼氣味？ — What's this smell?
• 奇ㄑㄧˊ·qístrange, unusual, oddradical 大 · 8 strokes奇怪 qí guài — strange奇特 qí tè — peculiar他在做曲奇。 — He is making cookies.
• 客ㄎㄜˋ·kèguest, traveller, customerradical 宀 · 9 strokes客戶 kè hù — client客人 kè rén — visitor晚飯我請客。 — I'll treat you to dinner.
• 平ㄆㄧㄥˊ·píngflat, level, evenradical 广 · 5 strokes平原 píng yuán — field水平 shuǐ píng — horizontal那真不公平。 — That was really unfair.
• 戶ㄏㄨˋ·hùdoor, familyradical 户 · 4 strokes用戶 yòng hù — user客戶 kè hù — client她沒有常到戶外。 — She doesn't get outdoors much.
• 校ㄒㄧㄠˋ·xiàoschool, military field officerradical 木 · 10 strokes學校 xué xiào — school校名 xiào míng — school name學校怎麼樣？ — How's school?
• 活ㄏㄨㄛˊ·huóto exist, to live, to surviveradical 氵 · 9 strokes活動 huó dòng — to exercise生活 shēng huó — to live生活怎麼樣？ — How is life?
• 清ㄑㄧㄥ·qīngclean, pure, clearradical 氵 · 11 strokes清楚 qīng chu — clear清晨 qīng chén — early morning我是清白的。 — I'm innocent.
• 盒ㄏㄜˊ·hésmall box or case, casketradical 皿 · 11 strokes盒子 hé zi — box飯盒 fàn hé — lunchbox我能打開盒子嗎? — May I open the box?
• 祖ㄗㄨˇ·zǔancestor, forefather, grandfatherradical 礻 · 9 strokes祖先 zǔ xiān — ancestors祖師 zǔ shī — founder我祖母很老了。 — My grandmother is very old.
• 筒ㄊㄨㄥˇ·tǒngtube, pipe, cylinderradical ⺮ · 12 strokes話筒 huà tǒng — microphone竹筒 zhú tǒng — bamboo tube沒有手電筒的話你什麼都看不到 — You won't be able to see anything without a flashlight.
• 節ㄐㄧㄝˊ·jiéfestival, knot, jointradical ⺮ · 13 strokes節日 jié rì — holiday調節 tiáo jié — to adjust她在節食中。 — She's dieting.
• 育ㄩˋ·yùto produce, to give birth to, to educateradical ⺼ · 8 strokes教育 jiào yù — to educate體育 tǐ yù — sports他去過體育館。 — He's been to the stadium.
• 膜ㄇㄛˊ·mómembrane, film, to kneel and worshipradical ⺼ · 14 strokes內膜 nèi mó — inner membrane膜拜 mó bài — to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level
• 艾ㄞˋ·àimugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, used in transliterationsradical 艹 · 5 strokes艾葉 ài yè — mugwort leaf艾滋病 ài zī bìng — AIDS科學家們正努力終結艾滋病。 — Scientists are working hard to put an end to AIDS.
• 安ㄢ·ānsafe, at peace; to installradical 宀 · 6 strokes居安思危 — 轉危為安 —