Grade 3 · first semester, Lesson 12

Grade 3 Lesson 12 Chinese characters

These are the 17 characters taught in Grade 3, first semester, Lesson 12. Every one shows Zhuyin and Pinyin, its meaning, its radical and its stroke count. In CharGem your child traces each one, then writes it from memory. Grade 1 is free; this grade is part of the subscription.

This lesson's characters

  • ㄕㄥˋ·shèngleftovers, residue, remainsradical · 12 strokes剩下 shèng xiàto remain剩餘 shèng yúto remain還剩多少時間?How much time is left?
  • ㄘㄨㄥ·cōnghastily, hurriedly, in a rushradical · 5 strokes匆匆 cōng cōnghurriedly匆忙 cōng mánghasty我們很匆忙。We're in a hurry.
  • ㄕㄨˊ·shúuncle, father's younger brotherradical · 8 strokes叔叔 shū shufather's younger brother叔父 shū fùfather's younger brother我想跟你叔叔談談。I want to talk to your uncle.
  • ㄌㄚ˙·lafinal particle of an assertionradical · 11 strokes嘩啦 huá lato collapse呼啦啦 hū lā lāflapping sound你把我當什麼啦?Who do you think I am?
  • ㄊㄨㄢˊ·tuánsphere, circle, ballradical · 14 strokes集團 jí tuángroup團體 tuán tǐgroup你解開謎團了嗎?Have you worked the puzzle out?
  • ㄊㄤˊ·tánghall, large room, government officeradical · 11 strokes教堂 jiào tángchurch天堂 tiān tángparadise你去教堂嗎?Do you go to church?
  • ㄧㄚ·press, oppress, crushradical · 17 strokes壓力 yā lìpressure壓縮 yā suōto compress你不能應對壓力。You couldn't handle the pressure.
  • ㄧㄥ·yīngbaby, infant, to botherradical · 17 strokes嬰兒 yīng érinfant嬰孩 yīng háiinfant嬰兒睡得正香。The baby was fast asleep.
  • ㄨㄛˋ·to grasp, to hold, to take by the handradical · 12 strokes掌握 zhǎng wòto grasp把握 bǎ wòto grasp讓我們握手吧。Let's shake hands.
  • ㄐㄧˇ·to squeeze, to push against, crowdedradical · 17 strokes擠出 jǐ chūto squeeze out擠壓 jǐ yāto squeeze他們從人群中擠過去了。They made their way through the crowd.
  • ㄉㄡˋ·dòuto entice, to tempt, to arouseradical · 10 strokes逗留 dòu liúto stay for a while逗笑 dòu xiàoto amuse我被你逗樂了。You made me laugh.
  • ㄑㄧㄢˊ·qiánmoney, currency, coinsradical · 16 strokes金錢 jīn qiánmoney花錢 huā qiánto spend money我們需要錢。We need money.
  • ㄇㄛˋ·silent, quiet, stillradical · 16 strokes默默 mò mòin silence默然 mò ránsilent你很有幽默感。You have a good sense of humor.
  • ㄕˋ·shìto look at, to inspect, to observeradical · 11 strokes電視 diàn shìtelevision重視 zhòng shìto attach importance to sth把電視關了。Turn off the TV.
  • ㄊㄡˋ·tòuto pass through; thoroughlyradical · 11 strokes滲透 to seep through; to permeate刺透 cì tòuto pierce through
  • ㄒㄩㄣˋ·xùnto question, to interrogate; newsradical · 10 strokes審訊 偵訊
  • ㄨㄚˊ·a small child; a babyradical · 9 strokes男娃 女娃