Grade 2 Lesson 2 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 丟ㄉㄧㄡ·diūto lose, to discardradical 一 · 6 strokes丟失 diū shī — to lose丟下 diū xià — to abandon把球丟還給我。 — Throw the ball back to me.
• 圈ㄑㄩㄢ·quāncircle, ring, loopradical 囗 · 11 strokes圈子 quān zi — circle圓圈 yuán quān — circle我喜歡甜甜圈。 — I like doughnuts.
• 掉ㄉㄧㄠˋ·diàoto drop, to fall, to removeradical 扌 · 11 strokes掉頭 diào tóu — to turn one's head丟掉 diū diào — to lose我們掉頭吧！ — Let's turn back.
• 救ㄐㄧㄡˋ·jiùaid, help, to rescueradical 攵 · 11 strokes救助 jiù zhù — to help sb in trouble搶救 qiǎng jiù — to rescue有人呼救。 — Someone yelled for help.
• 昏ㄏㄨㄣ·hūndusk, nightfall, twilightradical 日 · 8 strokes昏迷 hūn mí — to lose consciousness黃昏 huáng hūn — dusk我覺得我快昏倒了。 — I feel like I'm going to faint.
• 枯ㄎㄨ·kūdried out, withered, decayedradical 木 · 9 strokes枯樹 kū shù — withered tree枯水 kū shuǐ — scarce water所有花園裡的花朵都枯萎了。 — All the flowers in the garden withered.
• 植ㄓˊ·zhítree, plant, to growradical 木 · 12 strokes植物 zhí wù — plant植被 zhí bèi — vegetation我們種植各種的作物。 — We grow a variety of crops.
• 死ㄙˇ·sǐdead, death, impassableradical 歹 · 6 strokes
• 流ㄌㄧㄡˊ·liúto flow, to drift, to circulateradical 氵 · 10 strokes流通 liú tōng — to circulate河流 hé liú — river我在流眼淚。 — My eyes are watering.
• 浪ㄌㄤˋ·làngbreaker, wave, recklessradical 氵 · 10 strokes浪費 làng fèi — to waste波浪 bō làng — wave別浪費時間。 — Don't waste your time.
• 渴ㄎㄜˇ·kěthirsty, parched, to yearnradical 氵 · 12 strokes渴望 kě wàng — to thirst for渴求 kě qiú — to long for我總覺得渴。 — I'm always thirsty.
• 滑ㄏㄨㄚˊ·huáto slip, to slide, slipperyradical 氵 · 12 strokes滑雪 huá xuě — to ski光滑 guāng huá — glossy我想去滑冰。 — I want to go skating.
• 滴ㄉㄧ·dīto drip, a drop of waterradical 氵 · 14 strokes點滴 diǎn dī — a drip滴定 dī dìng — titration滴水穿石。 — Constant dripping wears away a stone.
• 甩ㄕㄨㄞˇ·shuǎito throw away, to fling, to discardradical 用 · 5 strokes甩開 shuǎi kāi — to shake off甩掉 shuǎi diào — to throw off你需要甩掉幾磅。 — You need to shed some pounds.
• 第ㄉㄧˋ·dìsequence, number, graderadical ⺮ · 11 strokes次第 cì dì — order門第 mén dì — family status第二課容易。 — Lesson Two is easy.
• 精ㄐㄧㄥ·jīngessence, germ, spiritradical 米 · 14 strokes精神 jīng shén — spirit精彩 jīng cǎi — wonderful他精神很好。 — He was in good spirits.
• 迷ㄇㄧˊ·míto bewitch, to charm, a fan ofradical 辶 · 9 strokes迷信 mí xìn — superstition球迷 qiú mí — fan她總是迷路。 — She always gets lost.