Grade 4 Lesson 6 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 潔ㄐㄧㄝˊ·jiéclean, pure, to purifyradical 氵 · 15 strokes清潔 qīng jié — clean潔白 jié bái — spotlessly white那真整潔。 — That was pretty neat.
• 踮ㄉㄧㄢˇ·diǎnto tip-toeradical 足 · 15 strokes踮腳尖 diǎn jiǎo jiān — to stand on tiptoe他踮著腳尖走, 所以沒有人聽到他。 — He tiptoed so no one heard him.
• 擂ㄌㄟˊ·léito rub, to grind, to use a mortar and pestleradical 扌 · 16 strokes擂臺 lèi tái — elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held擂臺賽 lèi tái sài — single-elimination open tournament
• 簇ㄘㄨˋ·cùbunch, cluster, crowdradical ⺮ · 17 strokes簇新 cù xīn — brand-new花簇 huā cù — bunch of flowers
• 亭ㄊㄧㄥˊ·tíngpavilion, erectradical 亠 · 9 strokes亭子 tíng zi — pavilion碑亭 bēi tíng — pavilion housing a stele最近的電話亭在哪裡？ — Where's the nearest telephone booth?
• 碎ㄙㄨㄟˋ·suìto break into pieces; broken, fragmentaryradical 石 · 13 strokes破碎 pò suì — to break into pieces粉碎 fěn suì — to smash to bits
• 彎ㄨㄢ·wānto bend, to turn; a bend, a curveradical 弓 · 22 strokes彎路 wān lù — a winding road; a detour
• 層ㄘㄥˊ·cénga layer, a storey; a level or rankradical 尸 · 15 strokes階層 — a social stratum經理層 jīng lǐ céng — the management level
• 鋪ㄆㄨ·[一]pū[二]pùto spread out, to lay; (pù) a shop; a bunkradical 金 · 15 strokes鋪床 — to make the bed金鋪 — a goldsmith's shop
• 漫ㄇㄢˋ·mànto spread everywhere, to overflow; unrestrainedradical 水 · 14 strokes漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě — all over the hills and fields漫天大霧 màn tiān dà wù — a thick fog everywhere
• 遍ㄅㄧㄢˋ·biàneverywhere, all over; a time, an occurrenceradical 辵 · 13 strokes遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng — covered all over with injuries漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě — all over the hills and fields
• 桐ㄊㄨㄥˊ·tónga paulownia or tung treeradical 木 · 10 strokes泡桐 pào tóng — a paulownia tree梧桐 — a Chinese parasol tree
• 瞬ㄕㄨㄣˋ·shùnto blink; an instantradical 目 · 17 strokes
• 芝ㄓ·zhīa lingzhi mushroom; an auspicious plantradical 艸 · 8 strokes靈芝 líng zhī — a lingzhi mushroom
• 磨ㄇㄛˊ·[一]mó[二]mòto grind, to polish; (mò) a millstoneradical 石 · 16 strokes磨光 — to polish smooth磨刀 — to sharpen a knife