Grade 3 · second semester, Lesson 5

Grade 3 Lesson 5 Chinese characters

These are the 17 characters taught in Grade 3, second 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

  • ㄍㄢ·gānarid, dry, to fertilizeradical · 11 strokes乾淨 gān jìngclean乾燥 gān zàodry教室很乾淨。The classroom is clean.
  • ㄈㄨˋ·tutor, teacher, to assistradical · 12 strokes師傅 shī fumaster終傅 zhōng fùextreme unction
  • ㄘㄢ·cānto take part in, to intervene, ginsengradical · 11 strokes參加 cān jiāto participate參數 cān shùparameter你會參加嗎?Will you join us?
  • ㄊㄢˋ·tànto sigh, to admireradical · 14 strokes嘆息 tàn xīto sigh感嘆 gǎn tànto sigh我們所取得的成就令人驚嘆。What we've accomplished is amazing.
  • ㄔㄥˊ·chéngcastle, city, townradical · 9 strokes城市 chéng shìcity城鄉 chéng xiāngcity and countryside我進城去。I'm going downtown.
  • ㄓㄞ·zhāito pick, to pluck, to selectradical · 14 strokes摘要 zhāi yàosummary摘取 zhāi qǔto pluck我摘下了假髮。I took off my wig.
  • ㄕㄞˋ·shàito dry in the sun, to expose to the sunradical · 10 strokes我不想曬黑。I don't want to get a suntan.
  • ·crow, rook, ravenradical · 10 strokes烏雲 wū yúnblack cloud烏黑 wū hēijet-black天空烏雲密佈。The sky is full of dark clouds.
  • ㄏㄨㄥ·hōngto bake, to roast, to dry by the fireradical · 10 strokes烘乾 hōng gānto dry over a stove烘烤 hōng kǎoto roast他在火旁烘乾他的溼衣服。He dried his wet clothes by the fire.
  • ㄅㄟˋ·bèito bake, to roast, to dry by the fireradical · 12 strokes焙燒 bèi shāoto roast焙乾 bèi gānto dry over a fire
  • ㄗㄠˋ·zàoarid, dry, parchedradical · 17 strokes乾燥 gān zàodry燥熱 zào rèuncomfortably hot and dry
  • ㄔㄥˊ·chéngprocess, rules, journeyradical · 12 strokes工程 gōng chéngengineering過程 guò chéngcourse of events她是程序員。She is a computer programmer.
  • ㄔㄚˊ·chátea, tea leaves, tea plantradical · 9 strokes茶葉 chá yètea茶杯 chá bēiteacup這是你的茶。Here's your tea.
  • ㄒㄧㄤ·xiāngcountry, village, ruralradical · 11 strokes鄉村 xiāng cūnrustic鄉長 xiāng zhǎngvillage chief我在鄉下長大。I grew up in the country.
  • ㄒㄧㄠˋ·xiàoyeast, to leavenradical · 14 strokes發酵 fā jiàoto ferment酵母菌 jiào mǔ jūnyeast
  • ㄧㄢˋ·yànto examine, to inspect, to testradical · 23 strokes經驗 jīng yànexperience實驗 shí yànexperiment這實驗是成功的。The experiment was successful.
  • ㄌㄨㄥˊ·lóngdragon, symbol of the emperorradical · 16 strokes龍頭 lóng tóufaucet小龍 xiǎo lóngsnake水龍頭在滴水。The faucet is leaking.