Grade 4 · second semester, Lesson 9

Grade 4 Lesson 9 Chinese characters

These are the 14 characters taught in Grade 4, second semester, Lesson 9. 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

  • ㄨˋ·fog, mist, vaporradical · 19 strokes雲霧 yún wùclouds and mist霧氣 wù qìfog當時霧很大。It was very foggy.
  • ㄊㄨˊ·way, road, pathradical · 10 strokes途中 tú zhōngen route用途 yòng túuse祝你旅途愉快。I hope you have a good trip.
  • ㄊㄤˋ·tàngtime, occasion, to make a journeyradical · 15 strokes單趟 dān tàngsingle trip趟渾水 tāng hún shuǐto get involved in an unsavory enterprise今天下午到我家來一趟。Come to my house this afternoon.
  • ㄕㄥˋ·[一]chéng[二]shèngflourishing, grand; (chéng) to fill a bowlradical · 11 strokes盛飯 to serve rice盛湯 to ladle out soup
  • ㄏㄨㄚˋ·[一]huá[二]huàto mark off, to divide; to planradical · 14 strokes劃分 to divide up劃定界線 to fix a boundary
  • ㄒㄩㄢˇ·xuǎnto choose; to electradical · 16 strokes選擇 xuǎn zéto choose挑選 tiāo xuǎnto pick out
  • ㄕㄨ·shūto stretch out; comfortable, at easeradical · 12 strokes舒手舒腳 shū shǒu shū jiǎoto stretch out arms and legs舒眉弄眼 to make merry faces
  • ㄏㄨㄢˇ·huǎnslow, unhurried; to delay, to relaxradical · 15 strokes緩步 huǎn bùto walk slowly緩慢 huǎn mànslow
  • ㄑㄧㄠˇ·qiǎoskilful, clever; by coincidenceradical · 5 strokes靈巧 líng qiǎodeft; ingenious巧思 qiǎo sīan ingenious idea
  • ㄓㄢˋ·zhànan inn; a warehouseradical · 12 strokes馬棧 mǎ zhàna horse stable牛棧 niú zhàna cattle pen
  • ㄓㄨㄛ·zhuōto catch; to seize, to arrestradical · 10 strokes捉襟見肘 too poor to cover oneself; hard pressed捕捉 bǔ zhuōto catch; to capture
  • ㄙˋ·to resemble; to seem likeradical · 7 strokes相似 xiāng sìto resemble each other類似 lèi sìsimilar; alike
  • ㄊㄧㄠˋ·tiàoto gaze into the distanceradical · 11 strokes眺望 tiào wàngto look into the distance登高遠眺 dēng gāo yuǎn tiàoto climb high and gaze far
  • ㄒㄧㄡˋ·xiùoutstanding, elegant; a showradical · 7 strokes秀一下 to show off a little後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiùa promising newcomer