Grade 3 Lesson 8 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 徐ㄒㄩˊ·xúslowly, quietly, calmlyradical 彳 · 10 strokes徐徐 xú xú — slowly徐行 xú xíng — to walk slowly
• 伐ㄈㄚ·fācut down, subjugate, attackradical 亻 · 6 strokes步伐 bù fá — pace砍伐 kǎn fá — to hew我們真的得加緊步伐了。 — We've really got to step on it.
• 倍ㄅㄟˋ·bèito double, to increase or multiplyradical 亻 · 10 strokes倍增 bèi zēng — to double加倍 jiā bèi — to double6的4倍是多少? — How much is four times six?
• 型ㄒㄧㄥˊ·xíngpattern, model, typeradical 土 · 9 strokes大型 dà xíng — large類型 lèi xíng — type你的體型比我的好。 — You're in better shape than I am.
• 展ㄓㄢˇ·zhǎnto open, to unfold, to extendradical 尸 · 10 strokes發展 fā zhǎn — development展開 zhǎn kāi — to unfold已展開調查。 — An investigation was launched.
• 或ㄏㄨㄛˋ·huòor, either, elseradical 戈 · 8 strokes或者 huò zhě — or或是 huò shì — or使用它或失去它。 — Use it or lose it.
• 扮ㄅㄢˋ·bàncostume, disguise, to dress upradical 扌 · 7 strokes扮演 bàn yǎn — to play the role of打扮 dǎ ban — to decorateTom沒有花費精力去打扮自己。 — Tom doesn't pay much attention to how he dresses.
• 抬ㄊㄞˊ·táito carry, to lift, to raiseradical 扌 · 8 strokes抬起 tái qǐ — to lift up抬高 tái gāo — to raise這塊石頭太重了無法抬起來。 — This stone is too heavy to lift.
• 挺ㄊㄧㄥˇ·tǐngto straighten, to stand upright, rigidradical 扌 · 9 strokes挺進 tǐng jìn — progress挺直 tǐng zhí — upright我覺得挺合理的。 — This makes sense to me.
• 某ㄇㄡˇ·mǒusome, someone, a certain thing or personradical 木 · 9 strokes某些 mǒu xiē — some某種 mǒu zhǒng — some kind他家在這兒某處。 — His house is somewhere about here.
• 潑ㄆㄛ·pōto pour, to splash, to sprinkleradical 氵 · 15 strokes活潑 huó po — lively潑掉 pō diào — spill他有點活潑。 — He's a bit lively.
• 疾ㄐㄧˊ·jísickness, illness, diseaseradical 疒 · 10 strokes疾病 jí bìng — disease疾苦 jí kǔ — pain and difficulties數千人受此疾病所害。 — Several thousand people became victims of this disease.
• 秩ㄓˋ·zhìorder, orderedradical 禾 · 10 strokes秩序 zhì xù — order品秩 pǐn zhì — rank and salary of an official post
• 者ㄓㄜˇ·zhěthat which, they who, those whoradical 耂 · 8 strokes記者 jì zhě — reporter或者 huò zhě — or你是記者嗎？ — Are you a reporter?
• 胸ㄒㄩㄥ·xiōngbreast, bosom, heartradical ⺼ · 10 strokes胸口 xiōng kǒu — chest胸前 xiōng qián — chest
• 談ㄊㄢˊ·tánto talk, to chat, conversationradical 言 · 15 strokes談話 tán huà — to talk談到 tán dào — to refer to她邊走邊談。 — She talked as she walked.
• 護ㄏㄨˋ·hùto defend, to guard, to protectradical 言 · 21 strokes保護 bǎo hù — to protect維護 wéi hù — to defend你需要保護。 — You need protection.