Grade 3 · first semester, Lesson 2

Grade 3 Lesson 2 Chinese characters

These are the 17 characters taught in Grade 3, first semester, Lesson 2. 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

  • ㄅㄧㄥˋ·bìngto combine, to annex, alsoradical · 8 strokes並且 bìng qiěand並非 bìng fēireally isn'tTom並不覺得抱歉。Tom was not apologetic.
  • ㄒㄧㄡ·xiūto rest, to stop, to retireradical · 6 strokes休息 xiū xirest休閒 xiū xiánleisure我今天休息。I am off today.
  • ㄐㄧㄚˇ·jiǎfake, false, deceitfulradical · 11 strokes假定 jiǎ dìngto assume假如 jiǎ rúif它們是假的。They're fake.
  • ㄨˇ·noon, 7th terrestrial branchradical · 4 strokes下午 xià wǔafternoon上午 shàng wǔmorning午餐送到了。Lunch is on.
  • ㄉㄨ·the sound of a horn tootingradical · 13 strokes嘟嘴 dū zuǐto pout胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dūplump
  • ㄗㄨㄟˇ·zuǐmouth, lipsradical · 16 strokes嘴角 zuǐ jiǎocorner of the mouth張嘴 zhāng zuǐto open one's mouth閉上你的嘴。Zip your lips.
  • ㄈㄤˊ·fángbuilding, house, roomradical · 8 strokes房子 fáng zihouse房間 fáng jiānroom看那個房子。Look at that house.
  • ㄊㄨㄛ·tuōto drag, to haul, to towradical · 8 strokes拖住 tuō zhùto hold up拖車 tuō chēto tow我能開拖拉機嗎?Can I drive the tractor?
  • ㄊㄧˊ·to hold in the hand, to lift, to raiseradical · 12 strokes提出 tí chūto raise提高 tí gāoto raise她不想提了。She doesn't want to talk about it.
  • ㄊㄠˊ·táopeach, marriage, surnameradical · 10 strokes桃花 táo huāpeach blossom仙桃 xiān táothe peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母你想拿多少桃子就拿多少。Take as many peaches as you like.
  • ㄧㄝˋ·business, profession, to studyradical · 13 strokes工業 gōng yèindustry農業 nóng yèagriculture數千人失業。Thousands of people lost their jobs.
  • ㄌㄢˋ·lànovercooked, overripe, rottenradical · 21 strokes爛泥 làn nímud破爛 pò lànworn-out這個袋子裡的柳橙都爛了。The oranges in this bag are rotten.
  • ㄇㄧˋ·honey, nectar, sweetradical · 14 strokes蜜月 mì yuèhoneymoon蜜源 mì yuánnectar source我該買多少蜂蜜?How much honey should I buy?
  • ㄌㄧㄢˊ·liánto join, to connect, continuousradical · 10 strokes連續 lián xùcontinuous連忙 lián mángpromptly我連想都沒想。I didn't even think of it.
  • ㄓㄡ·zhōuweek, turn, cycleradical · 11 strokes週期 zhōu qīperiod週年 zhōu niánanniversary你下週來嗎?Are you coming next week?
  • ㄒㄧㄥˇ·xǐngto wake up, to startle, to sober upradical · 16 strokes提醒 tí xǐngto remind清醒 qīng xǐngclear-headed什麼吵醒你了?What woke you up?
  • ㄙㄨㄥ·sōngpine tree, fir treeradical · 18 strokes輕鬆 qīng sōnglight鬆軟 sōng ruǎnflexible你最好放鬆。You'd better take it easy.