Grade 5 Lesson 8 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 占ㄓㄢˋ·zhànto divine, to observe, to versifyradical ⺊ · 5 strokes占地 zhàn dì — to take up space攻占 gōng zhàn — to seize control of目前誰佔上風？ — Who has the edge now?
• 脅ㄒㄧㄝˊ·xiéto threaten, to coerce, ribsradical ⺼ · 10 strokes胸脅 xiōng xié — chest and hypochondrium脅持 xié chí — to hold under duress他威脅要公開。 — He threatened to make it public.
• 鄰ㄌㄧㄣˊ·línneighbor, neighborhoodradical 阝 · 14 strokes鄰近 lín jìn — neighboring鄰居 lín jū — neighbor我們是鄰居。 — We're neighbors.
• 絕ㄐㄩㄝˊ·juéto cut, to sever, to break offradical 糹 · 12 strokes絕對 jué duì — absolute絕不 jué bù — in no way我絕不會停。 — I'll never stop.
• 扣ㄎㄡˋ·kòuto detain, to knock, to tapradical 扌 · 6 strokes扣除 kòu chú — to deduct回扣 huí kòu — brokerage你能給我折扣嗎? — Can you give me a discount?
• 蔭ㄧㄣ·yīnshade, shelter, to protectradical 艹 · 14 strokes樹蔭 shù yīn — shade of a tree綠蔭 lǜ yīn — the shade我們在樹蔭下休息。 — We had a rest in the shade.
• 熬ㄠˊ·áoto boil, to simmer, to endure painradical 灬 · 14 strokes熬夜 áo yè — to stay up late or all night難熬 nán áo — hard to bear我又熬夜了。 — I stayed up all night again.
• 戀ㄌㄧㄢˋ·liànlove, to yearn for, to long forradical 心 · 23 strokes戀愛 liàn ài — love戀人 liàn rén — lover戀愛使人盲目。 — Love is blind.
• 蓬ㄆㄥˊ·péngdisheveled, unkempt, a type of raspberryradical 艹 · 13 strokes蓮蓬 lián péng — lotus seed head蓬鬆 péng sōng — fluffy湯姆頭發蓬亂。 — Tom's hair was disheveled.
• 偏ㄆㄧㄢ·piānslanted, to one side; partial, biasedradical 人 · 11 strokes偏心 — 偏見 —
• 付ㄈㄨˋ·fùto pay; to hand overradical 人 · 5 strokes交付 — 託付 —
• 疲ㄆㄧˊ·pítired, wearyradical 疒 · 10 strokes精疲力盡 — 樂此不疲 —
• 倦ㄐㄩㄢˋ·juànweary; tired of somethingradical 人 · 10 strokes疲倦 — 倦怠 —
• 蹲ㄉㄨㄣ·dūnto squat; to crouchradical 足 · 19 strokes蹲踞 — 蹲下 —
• 澈ㄔㄜˋ·chèclear (of water); to see through clearlyradical 水 · 14 strokes洞澈 — 大澈大悟 —