Grade 3 Lesson 4 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 亂ㄌㄨㄢˋ·luànanarchy, chaos, revoltradical 乚 · 13 strokes混亂 hùn luàn — confused胡亂 hú luàn — careless我弟弟的房間總是很亂。 — My brother's room is always a mess.
• 古ㄍㄨˇ·gǔold, classic, ancientradical 口 · 5 strokes古代 gǔ dài — ancient times古老 gǔ lǎo — ancient他去名古屋出差。 — He's gone to Nagoya on business.
• 商ㄕㄤ·shāngcommerce, business, traderadical 口 · 11 strokes商品 shāng pǐn — commodity商業 shāng yè — business他去了商店。 — He went to the store.
• 增ㄗㄥ·zēngto increase, to expand, to augmentradical 土 · 15 strokes增長 zēng zhǎng — to grow增加 zēng jiā — to raise我增加了體重。 — I've gained weight.
• 居ㄐㄩ·jūto live, to reside, to dwellradical 户 · 8 strokes居住 jū zhù — to reside居然 jū rán — unexpectedly我們是鄰居。 — We're neighbors.
• 怒ㄋㄨˋ·nùanger, passion, rageradical 心 · 9 strokes憤怒 fèn nù — angry怒氣 nù qì — anger這讓我憤怒。 — This makes me angry.
• 懂ㄉㄨㄥˇ·dǒngto understand, to knowradical 忄 · 15 strokes懂得 dǒng de — to understand懂事 dǒng shì — to grow beyond the naivete of childhood我想我懂了。 — I think I understand.
• 摸ㄇㄛ·mōto caress, to stroke, to gently touchradical 扌 · 13 strokes摸清 mō qīng — to suss out摸底 mō dǐ — to have a clear view孩子們不喜歡摸黑外出。 — Children don't like to go out in the dark.
• 桶ㄊㄨㄥˇ·tǒngbucket, pail, tubradical 木 · 11 strokes水桶 shuǐ tǒng — bucket馬桶 mǎ tǒng — chamber pot把水裝滿桶子。 — Fill the bucket with water.
• 歉ㄑㄧㄢˋ·qiàndeficient, lacking, to apologizeradical 欠 · 14 strokes道歉 dào qiàn — to apologize歉意 qiàn yì — apology我非常抱歉。 — I'm terribly sorry.
• 省ㄕㄥˇ·shěngprovince, frugal, to saveradical 目 · 9 strokes全省 quán shěng — the whole province省長 shěng zhǎng — governor of a province乘巴士更省錢。 — It is cheaper to go by bus.
• 窮ㄑㄩㄥˊ·qióngpoor, destitute, to exhaustradical 穴 · 15 strokes窮人 qióng rén — poor people無窮 wú qióng — endless他們都不窮。 — All of them are not poor.
• 群ㄑㄩㄣˊ·qúngroup, crowd, multituderadical 羊 · 13 strokes人群 rén qún — crowd群山 qún shān — mountains他太不合群。 — He is unsociable.
• 胡ㄏㄨˊ·húrecklessly, foolishly, wildlyradical ⺼ · 9 strokes胡同 hú tòng — lane胡說 hú shuō — to talk nonsense胡蘿蔔多少錢？ — How much are carrots?
• 費ㄈㄟˋ·fèiexpenses, fees, to costradical 貝 · 12 strokes費用 fèi yòng — cost消費 xiāo fèi — to consume它是免費的。 — It's free.
• 量ㄌㄧㄤˋ·liàngmeasure, volume, amountradical 里 · 12 strokes大量 dà liàng — great amount力量 lì liang — power知識就是力量。 — Knowledge is power.
• 飼ㄙˋ·sìto raise animals, to nourish, to feedradical 飠 · 13 strokes飼養 sì yǎng — to raise飼料 sì liào — feed
• 鼻ㄅㄧˊ·bínose, firstradical 鼻 · 14 strokes鼻子 bí zi — nose鼻梁 bí liáng — bridge of the nose大象鼻子長。 — Elephants have long trunks.