Grade 3 Lesson 9 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 交ㄐㄧㄠ·jiāoto connect, to deliver, to exchangeradical 亠 · 6 strokes交通 jiāo tōng — to be connected交流 jiāo liú — to exchange我們交了朋友。 — We got to be friends.
• 叢ㄘㄨㄥˊ·cóngbush, shrub, thicketradical 又 · 18 strokes叢林 cóng lín — jungle叢書 cóng shū — a series of books那是叢林狼嗎？ — Is that a coyote?
• 喊ㄏㄢˇ·hǎnto shout, to yell, to call outradical 口 · 12 strokes喊聲 hǎn shēng — to yell喊道 hǎn dào — to yell別再喊叫了！ — Stop yelling!
• 導ㄉㄠˇ·dǎoto direct, to guide, to leadradical 寸 · 15 strokes導彈 dǎo dàn — missile指導 zhǐ dǎo — to guide不要怪導遊。 — Don't blame the tour guide.
• 座ㄗㄨㄛˋ·zuòseat, stand, baseradical 广 · 10 strokes座談 zuò tán — to have an informal discussion寶座 bǎo zuò — throne他們造了座橋。 — They constructed a bridge.
• 投ㄊㄡˊ·tóuto pitch, to throw, to bidradical 扌 · 7 strokes投資 tóu zī — investment投入 tóu rù — to throw into你投資多少？ — How much do you have invested?
• 挑ㄊㄧㄠ·tiāoto select, to choose, pickyradical 扌 · 9 strokes挑戰 tiǎo zhàn — to challenge挑起 tiǎo qǐ — to provoke我挑不出他的毛病。 — I cannot find fault with him.
• 捲ㄐㄩㄢˇ·juǎncurl, roll up, curlyradical 扌 · 11 strokes捲起 juǎn qǐ — to roll up捲入 juǎn rù — to be drawn into他被捲進了是非中。 — He was involved in the trouble.
• 梨ㄌㄧˊ·lípear, operaradical 木 · 11 strokes梨園 lí yuán — the world of Chinese opera梨樹 lí shù — pear tree這隻梨聞上去很香。 — This pear smells nice.
• 沿ㄧㄢˊ·yánto follow a course, to go alongradical 氵 · 8 strokes沿海 yán hǎi — coastal沿用 yán yòng — to continue to use我們沿著河散步。 — We took a walk along the river.
• 淺ㄑㄧㄢˇ·qiǎnshallow, superficialradical 氵 · 11 strokes淺水 qiǎn shuǐ — shallow water淺海 qiǎn hǎi — shallow sea天空是淺藍的。 — The sky is light blue.
• 疊ㄉㄧㄝˊ·diépile, layer, to fold upradical 田 · 22 strokes疊加 dié jiā — to superimpose重疊 chóng dié — to overlap我在疊我的連衣裙。 — I'm folding my dress.
• 繼ㄐㄧˋ·jìto continue, to carry on, to succeedradical 糹 · 20 strokes繼續 jì xù — to continue繼承 jì chéng — to inherit人生會繼續。 — Life goes on.
• 續ㄒㄩˋ·xùcontinuous, serialradical 糹 · 21 strokes繼續 jì xù — to continue連續 lián xù — continuous人生會繼續。 — Life goes on.
• 般ㄅㄢ·bānsort, manner, kindradical 舟 · 10 strokes這般 zhè bān — like this百般 bǎi bān — in hundred and one ways他孩子般的笑很迷人。 — His childlike laugh is charming.
• 踩ㄘㄞˇ·cǎito step on, to stampradical 足 · 15 strokes踩踏 cǎi tà — to trample on踩點 cǎi diǎn — to reconnoiter不要踩草地。 — Keep off the grass.
• 鳳ㄈㄥˋ·fèngmale phoenix, symbol of joyradical 鳥 · 14 strokes龍鳳 lóng fèng — dragon and phoenix鳳梨 fèng lí — pineapple鳳凰城是亞利桑那州的首府。 — Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.
• 岸ㄢˋ·àna shore; a bankradical 山 · 8 strokes河岸 — 海岸 —