Grade 4 Lesson 1 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 蕉ㄐㄧㄠ·jiāobanana, plantainradical 艹 · 15 strokes香蕉 xiāng jiāo — banana蕉麻 jiāo má — abaca貓不吃香蕉。 — Cats don't eat bananas.
• 唾ㄊㄨㄛˋ·tuòto spit, to spit on, salivaradical 口 · 11 strokes唾沫 tuò mo — spittle唾棄 tuò qì — to spurn
• 寒ㄏㄢˊ·hánchilly, cold, poorradical 宀 · 12 strokes寒冷 hán lěng — cold寒意 hán yì — a nip in the air我喜歡寒冷。 — I like the cold.
• 島ㄉㄠˇ·dǎoislandradical 山 · 10 strokes小島 xiǎo dǎo — isle海島 hǎi dǎo — island沒有辦法離開這個島。 — There's no way off the island.
• 忠ㄓㄨㄥ·zhōngloyalty, devotion, fidelityradical 心 · 8 strokes忠心 zhōng xīn — good faith忠實 zhōng shí — faithful他不顧我的忠告。 — He disregarded my advice.
• 椰ㄧㄝˊ·yépalm tree, coconut treeradical 木 · 12 strokes椰子 yē zi — a coconut palm椰油 yē yóu — coconut oil
• 沫ㄇㄛˋ·mòbubbles, foam, frothradical 氵 · 8 strokes泡沫 pào mò — foam唾沫 tuò mo — spittle
• 灣ㄨㄢ·wānbay, cove, gulfradical 氵 · 25 strokes海灣 hǎi wān — bay灣環 wān huán — twisting river臺灣菜比印度菜口味淡。 — Taiwanese food is milder than Indian food.
• 甜ㄊㄧㄢˊ·tiánsweet, sweetnessradical 甘 · 11 strokes甜蜜 tián mì — sweet甜菜 tián cài — beet我喜歡甜食。 — I like candy.
• 童ㄊㄨㄥˊ·tóngchild, boy, servant boyradical 立 · 12 strokes兒童 ér tóng — child童子 tóng zǐ — boy兒童免費入場。 — Admission is free for children.
• 糖ㄊㄤˊ·tángcandy, sugar, sweetsradical 米 · 16 strokes糖果 táng guǒ — candy糖類 táng lèi — sugar我們想要糖。 — We want candy.
• 衛ㄨㄟˋ·wìto guard, to protect, to defendradical 行 · 15 strokes衛生 wèi shēng — hygienic衛星 wèi xīng — satellite金星沒有衛星。 — Venus doesn’t have any moons.
• 隊ㄉㄨㄟˋ·duìteam, group, bandradical 阝 · 11 strokes部隊 bù duì — army隊員 duì yuán — team memberTom在棒球隊裡。 — Tom is on the baseball team.