Grade 2 Lesson 8 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 功ㄍㄨㄥ·gōngachievement, good work, meritradical 力 · 5 strokes功能 gōng néng — function成功 chéng gōng — to succeed我們成功了。 — We succeeded.
• 失ㄕ·shīto lose, to make a mistake, to neglectradical 大 · 5 strokes失敗 shī bài — to be defeated失去 shī qù — to lose別讓我失望。 — Don't let me down.
• 宜ㄧˊ·yífitting, proper, rightradical 宀 · 8 strokes便宜 biàn yí — convenient不宜 bù yí — not suitable今天魚很便宜。 — Fish is cheap today.
• 已ㄧˇ·yǐalready, finished, to stopradical 己 · 3 strokes已經 yǐ jīng — already早已 zǎo yǐ — for a long time已經沒事了。 — I'm fine now.
• 持ㄔˊ·chíto hold, to support, to sustainradical 扌 · 9 strokes保持 bǎo chí — to keep主持 zhǔ chí — to take charge of保持冷靜。 — Stay calm.
• 敗ㄅㄞˋ·bàifailure, to decline, to failradical 攵 · 11 strokes失敗 shī bài — to be defeated打敗 dǎ bài — to defeat很奇怪，他失敗了。 — Strangely enough, he failed.
• 料ㄌㄧㄠˋ·liàoingredients, materials, to conjectureradical 斗 · 10 strokes材料 cái liào — material資料 zī liào — material塑料不易燃燒。 — Plastic does not burn easily.
• 歲ㄙㄨㄟˋ·suìyear, years old, ageradical 止 · 13 strokes歲月 suì yuè — years歲數 suì shu — age他活到了70歲。 — He lived to be seventy years old.
• 燈ㄉㄥ·dēnglamp, lantern, lightradical 火 · 16 strokes燈光 dēng guāng — lighting路燈 lù dēng — street lamp現在是綠燈。 — The light is green.
• 燒ㄕㄠ·shāoto burn, to bake, to heatradical 火 · 16 strokes紅燒 hóng shāo — to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown燒香 shāo xiāng — to burn incense我好像發燒了。 — I seem to have a fever.
• 約ㄩㄝ·yuētreaty, covenant, agreementradical 糹 · 9 strokes大約 dà yuē — approximately約定 yuē dìng — to agree on sth請節約用電。 — Please save electricity.
• 終ㄓㄨㄥ·zhōngend, finally, in the endradical 糹 · 11 strokes終於 zhōng yú — at last最終 zuì zhōng — final最終，他來了。 — At last, he came.
• 絲ㄙ·sīsilk, fine thread, wireradical 糹 · 12 strokes絲線 sī xiàn — silk thread絲竹 sī zhú — traditional Chinese musical instruments我是足球的忠實粉絲。 — I'm a big football fan.
• 貴ㄍㄨㄟˋ·guìexpensive, costly, valuableradical 貝 · 12 strokes珍貴 zhēn guì — precious名貴 míng guì — famous and valuable這太貴了！ — This is too expensive!
• 買ㄇㄞˇ·mǎito buy, to purchase, to briberadical 貝 · 12 strokes買賣 mǎi mài — to buy and sell買方 mǎi fāng — buyer我要買這個。 — I'll buy this.
• 賣ㄇㄞˋ·màito sell, to betray, to show offradical 貝 · 15 strokes買賣 mǎi mài — to buy and sell拍賣 pāi mài — to auction他是賣魚的。 — He is a fishmonger.
• 造ㄗㄠˋ·zàoto build, to construct, to inventradical 辶 · 10 strokes造成 zào chéng — to bring about改造 gǎi zào — to transform這是朵人造花。 — It's an artificial flower.
• 電ㄉㄧㄢˋ·diànelectricity, electric, lightningradical 雨 · 13 strokes電話 diàn huà — telephone電子 diàn zǐ — electronic電梯在哪裡？ — Where is the elevator?