Grade 3 · first semester, Lesson 5

Grade 3 Lesson 5 Chinese characters

These are the 18 characters taught in Grade 3, first semester, Lesson 5. 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

  • ㄑㄧㄝˇ·qiěmoreover, also (post-subject), about toradical · 5 strokes而且 ér qiěbut also並且 bìng qiěand我結婚了,而且有兩個孩子。I am married and have two children.
  • ㄏㄜˊ·what, why, whereradical · 7 strokes如何 rú héhow何況 hé kuànglet alone你感覺如何?How do you feel?
  • 使ㄕˇ·shǐcause, mission, ordersradical · 8 strokes使用 shǐ yòngto use使得 shǐ deusable我使用這個。I use this.
  • ㄍㄡ·gōuto hook, to join, to connectradical · 4 strokes勾結 gōu jiéto collude with勾當 gòu dàngshady business我不願意勾起久遠的回憶。I don't want to stir up old memories.
  • ㄋㄧㄢˊ·niányear, anniversary, a person's ageradical · 6 strokes年代 nián dàia decade of a century每年 měi niánevery year我們不年輕。We aren't young.
  • ㄒㄩˋ·order, sequence, seriesradical 广 · 7 strokes程序 chéng xùprocedures秩序 zhì xùorder她是程序員。She is a computer programmer.
  • ㄆㄞˊ·páirow, rank, fileradical · 11 strokes排名 pái míngto rank排除 pái chúto eliminate我常打排球。I play volleyball a lot.
  • ㄒㄧㄠˋ·xiàoresult, effect, effectiveradical · 10 strokes效果 xiào guǒresult有效 yǒu xiàoeffective希望下次能夠有效。I hope it'll work next time.
  • ㄊㄧㄠˊ·tiáoclause, condition, stringradical · 11 strokes條件 tiáo jiàncondition條約 tiáo yuētreaty我很有條理。I'm very methodical.
  • ㄕㄨㄟˋ·shuìto sleep, to dozeradical · 13 strokes睡覺 shuì jiàoto go to bed睡夢 shuì mèngsleep我睡過頭了。I overslept.
  • ㄒㄧㄤ·xiāngbox, case, chestradical · 15 strokes箱子 xiāng zisuitcase冰箱 bīng xiāngrefrigerator把箱子放下。Put the box down.
  • ㄐㄧˊ·level, rank, classradical · 9 strokes各級 gè jíall levels高級 gāo jíhigh level新的班級怎麼樣?How is your new class?
  • ㄦˊ·érand, and then, and yetradical · 6 strokes而且 ér qiěbut also而是 ér shìrather只是感冒而已。It's just a cold.
  • ㄧˋ·to consult, to talk over, to criticizeradical · 20 strokes會議 huì yìmeeting議會 yì huìparliament會議結束了。The meeting ended.
  • ㄊㄧㄝ·tiēto stick, to paste, attachedradical · 12 strokes貼身 tiē shēnworn next to the skin貼近 tiē jìnto press close to他是個很體貼的人。He is a very thoughtful person.
  • ㄍㄜˊ·to separate, to partition, to divideradical · 12 strokes隔離 gé líto separate隔壁 gé bìnext door他住在我們隔壁。He lives next door to us.
  • ㄙㄨㄟˊ·suíto follow, to listen to, to submit toradical · 14 strokes隨即 suí jíimmediately隨後 suí hòuafterward請隨手關門。Please shut the door behind you.
  • ㄒㄧㄢˇ·xiǎnclear, evident, prominentradical · 23 strokes顯示 xiǎn shìto show顯得 xiǎn deto seem顯然的,你錯了。Clearly you are mistaken.