Grade 4 Lesson 4 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 兄ㄒㄩㄥ·xiōngelder brotherradical 儿 · 5 strokes兄弟 xiōng dì — brothers弟兄 dì xiong — brothers你有兄弟嗎？ — Do you have any brothers?
• 制ㄓˋ·zhìsystem, to establish, to manufactureradical 刂 · 8 strokes制度 zhì dù — system制定 zhì dìng — to draw up控制住自己！ — Control yourself!
• 升ㄕㄥ·shēngto advance, to arise, to hoistradical 十 · 4 strokes升級 shēng jí — to go up by one grade上升 shàng shēng — to rise太陽昇起來了。 — The sun is rising.
• 命ㄇㄧㄥˋ·mìnglife, destiny, fateradical 口 · 8 strokes命令 mìng lìng — order命運 mìng yùn — fate你不要命啦！ — Are you nuts?
• 控ㄎㄨㄥˋ·kòngto accuse, to charge, to controlradical 扌 · 11 strokes控制 kòng zhì — to control調控 tiáo kòng — to regulate我要控告你。 — I will sue you.
• 標ㄅㄧㄠ·biāomark, sign, symbolradical 木 · 15 strokes標準 biāo zhǔn — standard目標 mù biāo — target她達到了目標。 — She has achieved her goals.
• 研ㄧㄢˊ·yánto grind, to rub, to studyradical 石 · 9 strokes研究 yán jiū — research研製 yán zhì — to research and manufacture我會研究你的報告。 — I'll study your report.
• 碑ㄅㄟ·bēistone tablet, gravestoneradical 石 · 13 strokes石碑 shí bēi — stele碑文 bēi wén — inscription on a tablet登月是一項里程碑式的成就。 — The moon landing was a monumental achievement.
• 紀ㄐㄧˋ·jìdiscipline, age, periodradical 糹 · 9 strokes世紀 shì jì — century紀念 jì niàn — to commemorate他生於19世紀。 — He was born in the 19th century.
• 義ㄧˋ·yìright conduct, propriety, justiceradical 羊 · 13 strokes意義 yì yì — sense起義 qǐ yì — uprising你說的沒有意義。 — What you're saying doesn't make sense.
• 翔ㄒㄧㄤˊ·xiángto soar, to hover, to glideradical 羽 · 12 strokes飛翔 fēi xiáng — to circle in the air翔實 xiáng shí — complete and accurate群鳥南翔。 — The birds flew to the south.
• 良ㄌㄧㄤˊ·liánggood, virtuous, respectableradical 艮 · 7 strokes良好 liáng hǎo — good優良 yōu liáng — fine人生良苦。 — Life is very hard.
• 論ㄌㄨㄣˋ·lùndebate, discussionradical 言 · 15 strokes理論 lǐ lùn — theory無論 wú lùn — no matter what or how我是無神論者。 — I'm an atheist.
• 靈ㄌㄧㄥˊ·língspirit, soul, spiritual worldradical 雨 · 24 strokes靈活 líng huó — flexible心靈 xīn líng — bright他腦子很靈光。 — He's sharp-witted.
• 鷹ㄧㄥ·yīngeagle, falcon, hawkradical 鳥 · 24 strokes獵鷹 liè yīng — falcon老鷹 lǎo yīng — eagle這不是一隻鷹。 — This isn't an eagle.