Grade 3 · second semester, Lesson 1

Grade 3 Lesson 1 Chinese characters

These are the 18 characters taught in Grade 3, second semester, Lesson 1. 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

  • ㄖㄥˊ·réngyet, still, keepingradical · 4 strokes仍然 réng ránstill頻仍 pín réngfrequent我仍然愛著她。I still love her.
  • ㄐㄧㄥˋ·jìngstrong, tough, unyieldingradical · 9 strokes勁力 jìn lìphysical strength使勁 shǐ jìnto exert all one's strength這是我看過的最差勁的電影了。This is the worst movie I've ever seen.
  • ㄐㄧˊ·promptly, quickly, immediatelyradical · 7 strokes即使 jí shǐeven if立即 lì jíimmediately立即開始。Begin now.
  • ㄒㄧㄚˋ·xiàto scare, to frighten, to threatenradical · 17 strokes嚇壞 xià huàito be terrified嚇人 xià rénto scare是不是嚇人?Scary, isn't it?
  • ㄅㄧˋ·partition, wall, rampartradical · 16 strokes壁畫 bì huàmural牆壁 qiáng bìwall他住在我們隔壁。He lives next door to us.
  • ㄓㄨㄢ·zhuānconcentrated, specialized, to monopolizeradical · 11 strokes專業 zhuān yèspecialty專家 zhuān jiāexpert你的專業是什麼?What's your major?
  • ㄨㄤˇ·wǎngto go, to depart, pastradical · 8 strokes往往 wǎng wǎngusually往來 wǎng láidealings往後退點。Back off!
  • ㄅㄚˊ·to uproot, to pull out, to selectradical · 8 strokes海拔 hǎi báheight above sea level提拔 tí báto promote to a higher job這座城市海拔1600米。This city is 1,600 meters above sea level.
  • ㄘㄨㄣ·cūnvillage, hamlet, vulgarradical · 7 strokes農村 nóng cūnrural area鄉村 xiāng cūnrustic我們的學校在這個村子裡。Our school is in this village.
  • ㄑㄧˋ·to abandon, to discard, to rejectradical · 12 strokes放棄 fàng qìto renounce丟棄 diū qìto discard別放棄夢想。Don't give up on your dreams.
  • ㄈㄨˋ·father, dadradical · 4 strokes父親 fù qīnfather父母 fù mǔfather and mother他是我父親。He is my father.
  • ㄑㄧㄤˊ·qiángwallradical · 17 strokes牆壁 qiáng bìwall城牆 chéng qiángcity wall牆上有張地圖。There is a map on the wall.
  • ㄌㄠˊ·láopen, prison, stableradical · 7 strokes牢牢 láo láofirmly牢房 láo fángjail cell
  • ㄐㄧㄡˋ·jiùto dig into, to investigate, actuallyradical · 7 strokes研究 yán jiūresearch究竟 jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter究竟誰要負責?Who exactly is responsible?
  • ㄌㄧㄢˋ·liànto drill, to exercise, to practiceradical · 15 strokes練習 liàn xíto practice教練 jiào liànto coach他每天在家練習。He practiced every day at home.
  • ㄈㄚˊ·penalty, fine, to punishradical · 14 strokes處罰 chǔ fáto penalize罰球 fá qiúpenalty shot我做了該受罰的壞事。I've done bad things that I should be punished for.
  • ㄎㄣˇ·kěnto agree to, to consent, to permitradical · 8 strokes肯定 kěn dìngto be certain中肯 zhòng kěnpertinent我不完全肯定。I'm not absolutely sure.
  • ㄩㄢˋ·yuàndesire, wish, honestradical · 19 strokes願意 yuàn yìto wish志願 zhì yuànaspiration我願意幫他。I'm willing to help him.