Grade 2 Lesson 5 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 切ㄑㄧㄝ·qiēto cut, to mince, to sliceradical 刀 · 4 strokes親切 qīn qiè — amiable密切 mì qiè — close他非常親切。 — He is very kind.
• 利ㄌㄧˋ·lìgains, advantage, profitradical 刂 · 7 strokes利用 lì yòng — to exploit利害 lì hài — pros and cons他說法語說得很流利。 — He is fluent in French.
• 合ㄏㄜˊ·héto combine, to join, to uniteradical 口 · 6 strokes合作 hé zuò — to cooperate合同 hé tong — contract他們的合同在這個月底到期。 — Their contract is to run out at the end of this month.
• 察ㄔㄚˊ·cháto examine, to investigate, to observeradical 宀 · 14 strokes觀察 guān chá — to observe察看 chá kàn — to watch他必定會覺察到你的錯誤。 — He's bound to notice your mistake.
• 工ㄍㄨㄥ·gōnglabor, work, laborerradical 工 · 3 strokes工作 gōng zuò — to work工人 gōng rén — worker做更多工作。 — Work more.
• 換ㄏㄨㄢˋ·huànto change, to exchange, to swapradical 扌 · 12 strokes轉換 zhuǎn huàn — to change變換 biàn huàn — to transform換種方式說。 — Say it in another way.
• 收ㄕㄡ·shōuto collect, to gather, to harvestradical 攵 · 6 strokes收入 shōu rù — to take in收到 shōu dào — to receive他收入可觀。 — He has a nice income.
• 改ㄍㄞˇ·gǎito alter, to change, to improveradical 攵 · 7 strokes改變 gǎi biàn — to change改造 gǎi zào — to transform改天再說吧。 — Let's do it another time.
• 方ㄈㄤ·fāngsquare, rectangle, sideradical 方 · 4 strokes方面 fāng miàn — respect地方 dì fāng — region換種方式說。 — Say it in another way.
• 於ㄩˊ·yúat, in, onradical 方 · 8 strokes由於 yóu yú — due to於是 yú shì — thereupon她終於做到了。 — She finally made it.
• 法ㄈㄚˇ·fǎlaw, rule, statuteradical 氵 · 8 strokes法規 fǎ guī — legislation方法 fāng fǎ — method想法很重要。 — Ideas matter.
• 源ㄩㄢˊ·yuánspring, source, rootradical 氵 · 13 strokes資源 zī yuán — natural resource來源 lái yuán — source我的軟件全都是開源的。 — All of my software is open source.
• 漸ㄐㄧㄢˋ·jiàngraduallyradical 氵 · 14 strokes漸漸 jiàn jiàn — gradually漸近 jiàn jìn — to approach gradually天日漸回暖。 — It's getting warmer day by day.
• 現ㄒㄧㄢˋ·xiànto appear, to manifest, currentradical 王 · 11 strokes現在 xiàn zài — now出現 chū xiàn — to appear我現在不忙。 — I'm not busy now.
• 總ㄗㄨㄥˇ·zǒngto gather, to collect, overallradical 糹 · 17 strokes總是 zǒng shì — always總數 zǒng shù — total總是在下雨。 — It is raining all the time.
• 親ㄑㄧㄣ·qīnrelatives, parents, intimateradical 見 · 16 strokes親自 qīn zì — personally母親 mǔ qīn — mother他非常親切。 — He is very kind.
• 負ㄈㄨˋ·fùload, burden, to carryradical 貝 · 9 strokes負責 fù zé — to be responsible for負擔 fù dān — to bear我負擔不起。 — I can't afford it.
• 責ㄗㄜˊ·zéone's responsibility, dutyradical 貝 · 11 strokes負責 fù zé — to be responsible for指責 zhǐ zé — to criticize他為這個事故負責。 — He is responsible for the accident.
• 資ㄗ·zīwealth, property, capitalradical 貝 · 13 strokes資源 zī yuán — natural resource資料 zī liào — material你投資多少？ — How much do you have invested?
• 雖ㄙㄨㄟ·suīalthough, even thoughradical 隹 · 17 strokes雖然 suī rán — although雖說 suī shuō — though巴士雖然停了，但是沒有人下車。 — The bus stopped, but no one got out.
• 露ㄌㄨˋ·lùdew, leak, bareradical 雨 · 21 strokes露出 lù chū — to expose露天 lù tiān — outdoors太陽露出來了。 — The sun came out.