Grade 4 Lesson 10 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 擔ㄉㄢ·dānto bear, to carry, burdenradical 扌 · 16 strokes擔心 dān xīn — anxious擔負 dān fù — to shoulder不要擔心我。 — Don't worry about me.
• 關ㄍㄨㄢ·guānfrontier pass, to close, to shutradical 門 · 19 strokes關於 guān yú — pertaining to機關 jī guān — mechanism把電視關了。 — Turn off the TV.
• 訣ㄐㄩㄝˊ·juéto take leave of, to bid farewell, knackradical 言 · 11 strokes口訣 kǒu jué — mnemonic chant訣別 jué bié — to bid farewell秘訣是什麼？ — What's the secret?
• 焰ㄧㄢˋ·yànflame, blaze, glowingradical 火 · 12 strokes氣焰 qì yàn — arrogance烈焰 liè yàn — raging flames這些焰火真壯觀！ — These fireworks are spectacular!
• 熄ㄒㄧ·xīto extinguish, to put out, to quenchradical 火 · 14 strokes熄滅 xī miè — to stop burning熄燈 xī dēng — turn out the lights不要忘了熄火。 — Don't forget to put out the fire.
• 芭ㄅㄚ·bāused in 芭蕉: a banana plantradical 艸 · 8 strokes芭蕉 bā jiāo — a banana plant
• 搧ㄕㄢ·shānto fan; to fan a flame; to stir upradical 手 · 13 strokes搧火 — to fan a fire搧煙 shān yān — to fan away smoke
• 獨ㄉㄨˊ·dúalone, single; onlyradical 犬 · 16 strokes獨子 dú zǐ — an only son獨木 dú mù — a single tree
• 嫂ㄙㄠˇ·sǎoan elder brother's wife; a polite word for a married womanradical 女 · 13 strokes兄嫂 xiōng sǎo — an elder brother and his wife大嫂 dà sǎo — an elder brother's wife
• 菩ㄆㄨˊ·púused in 菩薩: a bodhisattva; 菩提, the bodhi treeradical 艸 · 12 strokes菩提 pú tí — bodhi; enlightenment菩薩 pú sà — a bodhisattva
• 薩ㄙㄚˋ·sàused in 菩薩: a bodhisattvaradical 艸 · 18 strokes菩薩 pú sà — a bodhisattva
• 丹ㄉㄢ·dānred, cinnabar; an elixir pillradical 丶 · 4 strokes仙丹 xiān dān — an elixir of immortality靈丹妙藥 líng dān miào yào — a miracle cure
• 椅ㄧˇ·yǐa chairradical 木 · 12 strokes躺椅 tǎng yǐ — a reclining chair搖椅 yáo yǐ — a rocking chair
• 乃ㄋㄞˇ·nǎito be; then, therefore; yourradical 丿 · 2 strokes乃母 nǎi mǔ — your mother乃兄 nǎi xiōng — your elder brother
• 聖ㄕㄥˋ·shèngholy, sacred; a sage; a master of an artradical 耳 · 13 strokes詩聖 shī shèng — the sage of poetry樂聖 lè shèng — the sage of music