Grade 4 · first semester, Lesson 9
Grade 4 Lesson 9 Chinese characters
These are the 15 characters taught in Grade 4, first semester, Lesson 9. 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
- 懶ㄌㄢˇ·lǎnlazy, languid, listlessradical 忄 · 19 strokes懶得 lǎn de — to not feel like懶散 lǎn sǎn — indolent這個男生很懶。 — This boy is lazy.
- 博ㄅㄛˊ·bóto gamble, to play games, to winradical 十 · 12 strokes博士 bó shì — doctor博客 bó kè — a blog你寫過博客嗎？ — Have you ever written a blog?
- 善ㄕㄢˋ·shàngood, virtuous, charitableradical 口 · 12 strokes完善 wán shàn — comprehensive改善 gǎi shàn — to make better它有改善了。 — It's improved.
- 弓ㄍㄨㄥ·gōngbow, curved, archedradical 弓 · 3 strokes弓箭 gōng jiàn — bow and arrow弓形 gōng xíng — circular segment貓弓起背，伸了個懶腰。 — The cat arched its back and stretched itself.
- 復ㄈㄨˋ·fùagain, repeatedly, copyradical 彳 · 12 strokes復興 fù xīng — to revive康復 kāng fù — to recuperate謝謝你的答覆。 — Thanks for your reply.
- 惡ㄜˋ·èbad, evil, wickedradical 心 · 12 strokes惡化 è huà — to worsen惡人 è rén — evil person我有點噁心。 — I feel sick.
- 惱ㄋㄠˇ·nǎoangry, wrathfulradical 忄 · 12 strokes惱怒 nǎo nù — resentful煩惱 fán nǎo — to be worried
- 晉ㄐㄧㄣˋ·jìnto advance, to increase, to promoteradical 日 · 10 strokes晉升 jìn shēng — to promote to a higher position晉級 jìn jí — to advance in rank她晉升了。 — She was promoted.
- 欺ㄑㄧ·qīto cheat, to double-cross, to deceiveradical 欠 · 12 strokes欺騙 qī piàn — to deceive欺負 qī fu — to bully他欺騙了她。 — He swindled her.
- 民ㄇㄧㄣˊ·míncitizens, subjects, a nation's peopleradical 民 · 5 strokes人民 rén mín — the people民主 mín zhǔ — democracy我是世界公民。 — I'm a citizen of the world.
- 爭ㄓㄥ·zhēngto dispute, to fight, to contendradical 爫 · 8 strokes鬥爭 dòu zhēng — a struggle爭取 zhēng qǔ — to fight for我們在跟時間鬥爭。 — We're fighting against time.
- 盡ㄐㄧㄣˋ·jìnto exhaust, to use up, to depleteradical 皿 · 14 strokes盡數 jìn shǔ — to count all of them盡頭 jìn tóu — end請盡快回家。 — Please come back home as soon as you can.
- 祈ㄑㄧˊ·qíto pray, to entreat, to beseechradical 礻 · 8 strokes祈求 qí qiú — to pray for祈福 qí fú — to pray for blessings我在祈禱。 — I'm praying.
- 箭ㄐㄧㄢˋ·jiànarrow, a type of bambooradical ⺮ · 15 strokes箭頭 jiàn tóu — arrowhead弓箭 gōng jiàn — bow and arrow箭頭表示行進方向。 — The arrow indicates the way to go.
- 鬥ㄉㄡˋ·dòuto struggle, to fight, to contendradical 鬥 · 10 strokes鬥爭 dòu zhēng — a struggle戰鬥 zhàn dòu — to fight我們在跟時間鬥爭。 — We're fighting against time.