Grade 4 Lesson 12 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 鐘ㄓㄨㄥ·zhōngclock, bellradical 釒 · 20 strokes分鐘 fēn zhōng — minute鐘聲 zhōng shēng — the sound of a bell我的手錶慢 10 分鐘。 — My watch is ten minutes slow.
• 響ㄒㄧㄤˇ·xiǎngto make noise, to make sound, soundradical 音 · 20 strokes影響 yǐng xiǎng — influence響應 xiǎng yìng — to respond to電話正在響。 — The phone rang.
• 烈ㄌㄧㄝˋ·lièfiery, violent, ardentradical 灬 · 10 strokes熱烈 rè liè — enthusiastic烈士 liè shì — martyr我強烈反對妥協 — I'm strongly opposed to a compromise.
• 務ㄨˋ·wùaffairs, business, shouldradical 力 · 11 strokes服務 fú wù — to serve業務 yè wù — business她忙於家務。 — She was busy with housework.
• 閱ㄩㄝˋ·yuèto examine, to inspect, to readradical 門 · 15 strokes閱讀 yuè dú — to read閱歷 yuè lì — to experience你能閱讀嗎？ — Can you read?
• 牲ㄕㄥ·shēngsacrificial animal, domestic animalradical 牛 · 9 strokes犧牲 xī shēng — to sacrifice one's life牲口 shēng kou — animals used for their physical strength
• 犧ㄒㄧ·xīto sacrifice, to give up, to die for a causeradical 牛 · 20 strokes犧牲 xī shēng — to sacrifice one's life犧牲品 xī shēng pǐn — sacrificial victim
• 欄ㄌㄢˊ·lánfence, railing, balustraderadical 木 · 21 strokes欄杆 lán gān — railing欄目 lán mù — regular column or segment住宅圍欄應該多高？ — How high should a home fence be?
• 扶ㄈㄨˊ·fúto support, to protect, to helpradical 扌 · 7 strokes扶持 fú chí — to help扶植 fú zhí — to foster我們買了張舒適的扶手椅。 — We bought a comfortable new armchair.
• 捐ㄐㄩㄢ·juānto donate; to give up, to lay down (one's life)radical 手 · 10 strokes為國捐軀 — to give one's life for one's country捐獻 — to donate
• 踴ㄩㄥˇ·yǒngto leap up; to rise (of prices)radical 足 · 16 strokes一踴而起 — to spring up at once
• 穫ㄏㄨㄛˋ·huòto harvest; a harvestradical 禾 · 19 strokes一年二穫 — two harvests a year焦穫 jiāo huò — an ancient place name
• 任ㄖㄣˋ·[一]rén[二]rèna duty, a task; to appoint; to let, to allowradical 人 · 6 strokes責任 — responsibility任務 — a task; a mission