Grade 5 Lesson 10 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 飾ㄕˋ·shìto decorate, to adorn, ornamentradical 飠 · 13 strokes裝飾 zhuāng shì — to decorate首飾 shǒu shì — jewelry你在掩飾什麼？ — What are you hiding?
• 洲ㄓㄡ·zhōucontinent, islandradical 氵 · 9 strokes綠洲 lǜ zhōu — oasis洲際 zhōu jì — intercontinental她生在美洲。 — She was born in America.
• 德ㄉㄜˊ·déethics, morality, compassionradical 彳 · 15 strokes道德 dào dé — virtue品德 pǐn dé — moral character我不懂德語。 — I don't understand German.
• 售ㄕㄡˋ·shòuto sellradical 口 · 11 strokes銷售 xiāo shòu — to sell出售 chū shòu — to sell這房子不出售。 — This house isn't for sale.
• 銷ㄒㄧㄠ·xiāoto fuse, to melt, to marketradical 釒 · 15 strokes銷售 xiāo shòu — to sell營銷 yíng xiāo — marketing他當推銷員為生。 — He makes a living as a salesman.
• 膩ㄋㄧˋ·nìgreasy, oily, smoothradical ⺼ · 16 strokes細膩 xì nì — smooth油膩 yóu nì — greasy food我讀書讀膩了。 — I am tired of reading.
• 吟ㄧㄣˊ·yínto sing, to hum, to reciteradical 口 · 7 strokes沉吟 chén yín — to mutter to oneself irresolutely吟詩 yín shī — to recite poetry
• 唐ㄊㄤˊ·tángthe Tang dynasty, Chinese, emptyradical 口 · 10 strokes唐人 táng rén — Chinese person唐突 táng tū — to be rude我該怎麼去唐人街？ — How do I get to Chinatown?
• 扉ㄈㄟ·fēidoor panelradical 户 · 12 strokes心扉 xīn fēi — inner heart扉畫 fēi huà — frontispiece
• 柴ㄔㄞˊ·cháifirewood, faggots, fuelradical 木 · 10 strokes柴油 chái yóu — diesel fuel柴草 chái cǎo — firewood乾柴燒得旺。 — Dry wood burns well.
• 眠ㄇㄧㄢˊ·miánsleep, shut-eye, hibernatationradical 目 · 10 strokes睡眠 shuì mián — sleep失眠 shī mián — to suffer from insomnia我有失眠症。 — I can't sleep at night.
• 罷ㄅㄚˋ·bàto cease, to finish, to stopradical 罒 · 15 strokes罷工 bà gōng — a strike罷了 bà le — a modal particle indicating工人罷工。 — The workers are on strike.
• 評ㄆㄧㄥˊ·píngto appraise, to criticize, to evaluateradical 言 · 12 strokes評價 píng jià — to evaluate評論 píng lùn — to comment on你總是批評我！ — You're always criticizing me.
• 偉ㄨㄟˇ·wěigreat, imposing, extraordinaryradical 亻 · 11 strokes偉大 wěi dà — huge雄偉 xióng wěi — grand你能承認你錯了是很偉大的。 — It's very big of you to admit you're wrong.
• 湊ㄘㄡˋ·còuto piece together, to assembleradical 氵 · 12 strokes湊合 còu he — to bring together湊近 còu jìn — to approach你需要兩個才能湊成一對。 — You need two to make a pair.
• 詞ㄘˊ·cíphrase, expression, wordsradical 言 · 12 strokes詞條 cí tiáo — entry詞典 cí diǎn — dictionary語詞表達思想。 — Words express thoughts.
• 銳ㄖㄨㄟˋ·ruìsharp; keen, acuteradical 金 · 15 strokes感覺敏銳 — 養精蓄銳 —
• 格ㄍㄜˊ·géa squared space; a standard, a styleradical 木 · 10 strokes窗格 — 方格 —
• 納ㄋㄚˋ·nàto accept, to take in; to pay (tax)radical 糸 · 10 strokes納稅 — 繳納 —
• 洋ㄧㄤˊ·yángan ocean; foreign, Westernradical 水 · 9 strokes太平洋 — 大西洋 —
• 陸ㄌㄨˋ·[一]liù[二]lùland; the mainlandradical 阜 · 11 strokes大陸 — 登陸 —
• 丈ㄓㄤˋ·zhànga senior man; to measure landradical 一 · 3 strokes老丈 — 姑丈 —
• 臘ㄌㄚˋ·làcured meat; the twelfth lunar monthradical 肉 · 19 strokes臘月 — 燒臘 —