Grade 4 Lesson 11 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 籠ㄌㄨㄥˊ·lóngbasket, cage, bamboo basket used to serve dimsumradical ⺮ · 22 strokes燈籠 dēng lóng — lantern籠罩 lǒng zhào — to envelop他覺得這像箇鳥籠。 — He thought that it was like a bird cage.
• 叼ㄉㄧㄠ·diāoto hold in the mouthradical 口 · 5 strokes叼盤 diāo pán — to hold a frisbee in its mouth
• 嘗ㄔㄤˊ·chángto taste, to experience, to experiment withradical 口 · 14 strokes何嘗 hé cháng — when?飽嘗 bǎo cháng — to enjoy fully我需要嘗試。 — I need to try.
• 拼ㄆㄧㄣ·pīnto link, to join together, to incorporateradical 扌 · 9 strokes拼命 pīn mìng — to do one's utmost拼音 pīn yīn — phonetic writing拼命地跑 — Run like your life depends on it.
• 沉ㄔㄣˊ·chénto sink, to submerge, profoundradical 氵 · 7 strokes沉重 chén zhòng — heavy沉默 chén mò — taciturn我們保持了沉默。 — We kept quiet.
• 潮ㄔㄠˊ·cháotide, current, dampradical 氵 · 15 strokes潮流 cháo liú — tide高潮 gāo cháo — high tide今天沒有昨天潮溼。 — It is less humid today than it was yesterday.
• 纏ㄔㄢˊ·chánto wrap, to entangle, to involveradical 糹 · 21 strokes盤纏 pán chán — to twine纏身 chán shēn — to plague one湯姆看來難纏。 — Tom seems tough.
• 虎ㄏㄨˇ·hǔtiger, brave, fierceradical 虎 · 8 strokes老虎 lǎo hǔ — tiger虎口 hǔ kǒu — tiger's den這不是老虎。 — This isn't a tiger.
• 豚ㄊㄨㄣˊ·túnsuckling pig, to suckleradical 豕 · 11 strokes江豚 jiāng tún — river dolphin海豚 hǎi tún — dolphin海豚是哺乳動物。 — A dolphin is a mammal.
• 鑽ㄗㄨㄢ·zuāndiamond, to bore, to drillradical 釒 · 26 strokes鑽進 zuān jìn — to get into鑽石 zuàn shí — diamond那些是真鑽石嗎？ — Are those real diamonds?
• 闊ㄎㄨㄛˋ·kuòample, broad, wideradical 門 · 17 strokes廣闊 guǎng kuò — wide開闊 kāi kuò — wide
• 餵ㄨㄟˋ·wìto feed, to raiseradical 飠 · 17 strokes餵養 wèi yǎng — to feed餵食 wèi shí — to feed我餵過狗了。 — I fed the dog.
• 鮮ㄒㄧㄢ·xiānfresh, delicious, attractiveradical 魚 · 17 strokes鮮花 xiān huā — flower鮮明 xiān míng — bright麵包不新鮮。 — The bread isn't fresh.
• 鯊ㄕㄚ·shāsharkradical 魚 · 18 strokes鯊魚 shā yú — shark鯨鯊 jīng shā — whale shark
• 鯨ㄐㄧㄥ·jīngwhaleradical 魚 · 19 strokes鯨魚 jīng yú — whale捕鯨 bǔ jīng — to whale你見過鯨魚嗎？ — Have you ever seen a whale?