Grade 4 · second semester, Lesson 8

Grade 4 Lesson 8 Chinese characters

These are the 15 characters taught in Grade 4, second semester, Lesson 8. 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

  • ㄉㄢˇ·dǎngallbladder, gall, gutsradical · 17 strokes膽子 dǎn zicourage大膽 dà dǎnbrazen你膽子很大。You've got a lot of guts.
  • ㄧㄥˊ·yíngto win, to gain, surplusradical · 20 strokes贏得 yíng déto win贏利 yíng lìgain我們都贏了。We both won.
  • ㄌㄧㄥˇ·lǐngneck, collar, leadradical · 14 strokes領導 lǐng dǎolead領土 lǐng tǔterritory你的領帶不錯。Your tie looks good.
  • ㄔㄨㄢˇ·chuǎnto pant, to gasp, to breathe heavilyradical · 12 strokes喘息 chuǎn xīto gasp for breath喘氣 chuǎn qìto breathe deeply他氣喘吁吁的。He was out of breath.
  • ㄧㄡˊ·yóusimilar to, just like, asradical · 12 strokes猶如 yóu rúsimilar to猶疑 yóu yíto hesitate這座城猶太教堂不怎麼多。There aren't that many synagogues in this city.
  • ㄩˋ·even more, increasingly; to recover from illnessradical · 13 strokes愈長愈高 yù zhǎng yù gāoto grow taller and taller
  • ㄗㄠˋ·zàoto make a din; to chirp noisilyradical · 16 strokes鼓噪 gǔ zàoto raise a din聒噪不休 to chatter endlessly
  • ㄆㄢˋ·pànto go all out; to risk everythingradical · 8 strokes拚命 pàn mìngto risk one's life; with all one's might拚死 pàn sǐto fight to the death
  • ㄔㄨㄥ·[一]chōng[二]chòngto rush at, to charge; (of a smell) strongradical · 15 strokes橫衝直撞 to barge about wildly怒髮衝冠 so angry the hair stands on end
  • ㄩˋ·used in 猶豫: to hesitateradical · 16 strokes猶豫 yóu yùto hesitate
  • ㄔㄚ·chāto insert; to stick inradical · 12 strokes插花 chā huāflower arranging
  • ㄧㄠ·yāothe waist; the middle part of somethingradical · 13 strokes柳腰 liǔ yāoa slender waist扭腰 niǔ yāoto twist the waist
  • ㄧㄥˋ·yìnghard, stiff; firm, unyieldingradical · 12 strokes硬漢 a tough man硬作風 yìng zuò fēnga hard-line manner
  • ·āito be next to, to draw near; to suffer (a blow)radical · 10 strokes挨近 āi jìnto move close to挨打 āi dǎto take a beating
  • ㄇㄚˋ·to scold; to curse at someoneradical · 15 strokes責罵 zé màto scold; to rebuke叫罵 jiào màto shout abuse