Grade 3 · second semester, Lesson 2

Grade 3 Lesson 2 Chinese characters

These are the 17 characters taught in Grade 3, second semester, Lesson 2. 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

  • ㄇㄞˊ·máito bury, to conceal, to plantradical · 10 strokes埋頭 mái tóuto immerse oneself in埋沒 mái mòto engulf別再埋怨了。Stop whining.
  • ㄈㄣˋ·fènto strive, to exert effort, to arouseradical · 16 strokes興奮 xīng fènexcited奮起 fèn qǐto rise vigorously他們非常興奮。They were very excited.
  • ㄔㄚ·chādifference, gap, almostradical · 9 strokes差異 chā yìdifference差別 chā biédifference差點就成功了。It almost worked.
  • ㄨㄟ·small, tiny, triflingradical · 13 strokes微笑 wēi xiàosmile微微 wēi wēislight我試著微笑。I tried to smile.
  • ㄍㄢˇ·gǎnto affect, to move, to touchradical · 13 strokes感到 gǎn dàoto feel感覺 gǎn juéfeeling我感覺很好。I feel fine.
  • ㄇㄛˊ·model, pattern, standardradical · 14 strokes規模 guī móscale模式 mó shìmode我是演員,不是模特。I'm an actress, not a model.
  • ㄏㄥˊ·hénghorizontal, across, unreasonableradical · 16 strokes橫向 héng xiànghorizontal橫穿 héng chuānto cross你橫穿馬路要小心。You must be careful of the traffic when you cross the street.
  • ㄉㄤˋ·dàngshelve, frame, filesradical · 17 strokes檔次 dàng cìgrade高檔 gāo dàngsuperior quality湯姆把文檔譯成法語。Tom translated the document into French.
  • ㄕˋ·shìaltar, ceremony, to showradical · 5 strokes表示 biǎo shìto express顯示 xiǎn shìto show我會聽從指示。I will obey.
  • ㄇㄧˋ·secret, mysterious, abstruseradical · 9 strokes祕方 mì fāngsecret recipe祕傳 mì chuánto hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc秘訣是什麼?What's the secret?
  • ㄍㄨㄢˇ·guǎntube, pipe, ductradical · 14 strokes管理 guǎn lǐto supervise不管 bù guǎnnot to be concerned別管我的事。Stay out of my business.
  • ㄈㄢˋ·fànpattern, model, exampleradical · 15 strokes範圍 fàn wéirange規範 guī fànnorm您可以示範一下嗎?Can you demonstrate it?
  • ㄍㄤ·gāngearthen jug, crock, cisternradical · 9 strokes水缸 shuǐ gāngwater jar茶缸 chá gāngmug浴缸已經準備好了。The bath is ready.
  • ㄎㄨˇ·bitter, hardship, sufferingradical · 8 strokes痛苦 tòng kǔpain苦笑 kǔ xiàoto force a smile我無法忍受看著動物受苦。I can't bear to see animals suffer.
  • ㄘㄤˊ·cángto conceal, to hide, to hoardradical · 17 strokes收藏 shōu cángto collect藏書 cáng shūto collect books我們在藏著。We're hiding.
  • ㄗㄢˋ·zànto praise, to eulogize, to commendradical · 26 strokes讚賞 zàn shǎngto admire讚美 zàn měito admire我完全贊同。I wholeheartedly agree.
  • ㄉㄤˇ·dǎngto block, to obstruct, to get in the wayradical · 16 strokes擋住 dǎng zhùto obstruct抵擋 dǐ dǎngto resist你擋住了我的路。You're in my way.