Grade 4 Lesson 3 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 溪ㄒㄧ·xībrook, creek, streamradical 氵 · 13 strokes溪流 xī liú — stream小溪 xiǎo xī — brook他坐在溪流旁邊。 — He sat next to the stream.
• 傍ㄅㄤˋ·bàngbeside, close, nearbyradical 亻 · 12 strokes傍晚 bàng wǎn — in the evening依傍 yī bàng — to rely on每個傍晚我都會餵我的狗狗們。 — I've always fed my dogs in the early evening.
• 伏ㄈㄨˊ·fúto crouch, to crawl, to lie hiddenradical 亻 · 6 strokes起伏 qǐ fú — to move up and down埋伏 mái fú — to ambush伏特加在哪裡？ — Where's the vodka?
• 橘ㄐㄩˊ·júa tangerine; a mandarin orangeradical 木 · 16 strokes福橘 fú jú — a Fuzhou tangerine柑橘 — citrus fruit
• 敏ㄇㄧㄣˇ·mǐnquick, nimble; sharp, sensitiveradical 攴 · 11 strokes敏捷 mǐn jié — nimble; quick靈敏 líng mǐn — sensitive; agile
• 捷ㄐㄧㄝˊ·jiéquick, nimble; a victoryradical 手 · 11 strokes連戰皆捷 — to win every battle迅捷 xùn jié — swift; prompt
• 朝ㄔㄠˊ·[一]zhāo[二]cháomorning; (cháo) to face; the imperial courtradical 月 · 12 strokes春朝 — a spring morning有朝一日 — one day; some day
• 舍ㄕㄜˋ·[一]shě[二]shèa house, lodging; (shě) to give upradical 舌 · 8 strokes宿舍 — a dormitory田舍 — a farmhouse
• 蒼ㄘㄤ·cāngdark blue-green; grey (of hair)radical 艸 · 14 strokes白髮蒼蒼 — hair gone white with age蒼天 cāng tiān — the blue sky; heaven
• 翠ㄘㄨㄟˋ·cuìemerald green; jadeiteradical 羽 · 14 strokes翡翠 — jadeite; a kingfisher珠翠 zhū cuì — pearls and jade
• 巨ㄐㄩˋ·jùhuge; enormousradical 工 · 5 strokes巨款 — a huge sum of money巨人 jù rén — a giant
• 周ㄓㄡ·zhōua week; complete, thoroughradical 口 · 8 strokes西周 xī zhōu — the Western Zhou dynasty東周 dōng zhōu — the Eastern Zhou dynasty
• 臨ㄌㄧㄣˊ·línto be close to, to overlook; to arrive; just beforeradical 臣 · 17 strokes居高臨下 jū gāo lín xià — to look down from a height光臨 guāng lín — to honour with your presence
• 黯ㄢˋ·àndim, dull; gloomyradical 黑 · 21 strokes黯淡無光 àn dàn wú guāng — dim and lustreless
• 迴ㄏㄨㄟˊ·huíto circle; to wind aroundradical 辵 · 10 strokes迴旋 — to circle; to manoeuvre巡迴 xún huí — to tour; itinerant