Grade 3 Lesson 11 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 佛ㄈㄛˊ·fóBuddha, Buddhistradical 亻 · 7 strokes佛像 fó xiàng — Buddhist image佛經 fó jīng — Buddhist texts哈佛始建於1636年。 — Harvard was founded in 1636.
• 困ㄎㄨㄣˋ·kùnto surround, to besiege, surroundedradical 囗 · 7 strokes困難 kùn nan — difficult困境 kùn jìng — predicament工作困難嗎？ — Is the work hard?
• 孫ㄙㄨㄣ·sūngrandchild, descendent, surnameradical 子 · 10 strokes孫子 sūn zi — grandson子孫 zǐ sūn — offspring我的孫子還是個嬰兒。 — My grandson is still a baby.
• 寺ㄙˋ·sìcourt, office, templeradical 寸 · 6 strokes清真寺 qīng zhēn sì — mosque金山寺 jīn shān sì — Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives摧毀這個寺廟。 — Destroy this temple.
• 尚ㄕㄤˋ·shàngstill, yet, evenradical ⺌ · 8 strokes尚書 shàng shū — high official和尚 hé shang — Buddhist monk今年的時尚潮流完全不同於去年。 — This year's fashions are completely different from last year's.
• 布ㄅㄨˋ·bùcotton, linen, textilesradical 巾 · 5 strokes公布 gōng bù — to announce密布 mì bù — to cover densely天空烏雲密佈。 — The sky is full of dark clouds.
• 擾ㄖㄠˇ·rǎoto poke, to disturb, to annoyradical 扌 · 18 strokes擾亂 rǎo luàn — to disturb困擾 kùn rǎo — to perplex我無意打擾。 — I didn't mean to intrude.
• 旦ㄉㄢˋ·dàndawn, morning, dayradical 日 · 5 strokes旦角 dàn jué — dan, female roles in Chinese opera花旦 huā dàn — role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera元旦就在眼前。 — New Year's Day is close at hand.
• 朗ㄌㄤˇ·lǎngbright, clear, distinctradical 月 · 10 strokes明朗 míng lǎng — bright開朗 kāi lǎng — spacious and well-lit天空很晴朗。 — It's a clear day.
• 相ㄒㄧㄤ·xiāngmutual, reciprocal, equalradical 目 · 9 strokes相關 xiāng guān — related相同 xiāng tóng — identical我相信了你。 — I believed you.
• 糞ㄈㄣˋ·fènmanure, dung, shitradical 米 · 17 strokes
• 維ㄨㄟˊ·wíto preserve, to maintain, to hold togetherradical 糹 · 14 strokes維護 wéi hù — to defend維持 wéi chí — to keep我不得不這麼做以維生。 — I had to do that to survive.
• 肖ㄒㄧㄠˋ·xiàoto resemble, to look like, to be likeradical ⺼ · 7 strokes肖像 xiào xiàng — portrait不肖 bù xiào — unlike one's parents
• 蹤ㄗㄨㄥ·zōngfootprints, traces, tracksradical 足 · 18 strokes跟蹤 gēn zōng — to follow sb's tracks蹤影 zōng yǐng — trace我確定沒人跟蹤我。 — I made sure no one was following me.
• 追ㄓㄨㄟ·zhuīto pursue, to chase after, to expelradical 辶 · 9 strokes追求 zhuī qiú — to pursue stubbornly追趕 zhuī gǎn — to pursue我們追著貓。 — We ran after the cat.
• 逼ㄅㄧ·bīto bother, to pressure, to compelradical 辶 · 12 strokes逼近 bī jìn — to press on towards逼真 bī zhēn — lifelike他們逼我出來。 — They forced me out.
• 邀ㄧㄠ·yāoto invite, to welcome, to interceptradical 辶 · 16 strokes邀請 yāo qǐng — to invite應邀 yìng yāo — at sb's invitation你沒受到邀請。 — You aren't invited.