Grade 5 · second semester, Lesson 5

Grade 5 Lesson 5 Chinese characters

These are the 21 characters taught in Grade 5, second semester, Lesson 5. 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

  • ㄌㄧㄢˊ·liánto pity, to sympathize withradical · 15 strokes可憐 kě liánpitiful憐惜 lián xīto take pity on她照顧可憐的小鳥。She took care of the poor little bird.
  • ㄨˇ·military, martial, warlikeradical · 8 strokes武器 wǔ qìweapon武功 wǔ gōngmartial art他們有帶武器。They're armed.
  • ㄧㄡˋ·yòuinfant, young child, immatureradical · 5 strokes幼蟲 yòu chónglarva幼年 yòu niánchildhood大部分觀眾是年幼的兒童。The audience was largely made up of very young children.
  • ㄍㄨㄢ·guāncap, crown, headgearradical · 9 strokes冠以 guàn yǐto label冠名 guàn míngto name這裡有個皇冠。There's a crown here.
  • ㄐㄧㄣˋ·jìnto dip, to immerse, to soakradical · 10 strokes浸泡 jìn pàoto steep沉浸 chén jìnto soak他完全沉浸在書裡。He was completely engrossed in the book.
  • ㄧㄥˊ·yíngfull, overflowing, surplusradical · 9 strokes盈利 yíng lìprofit盈餘 yíng yúsurplus今年我們會盈利的。We'll be profitable this year.
  • ㄈㄨˋ·tax, to give, to bestowradical · 15 strokes天賦 tiān fùgift田賦 tián fùland tax他善用他的天賦。He makes good use of his talents.
  • ㄕㄣˋ·shèncautious, prudentradical · 13 strokes慎重 shèn zhòngcautious不慎 bù shènincautious湯姆非常謹慎。Tom has been very careful.
  • ㄍㄨㄢˋ·guànto water, to irrigate, to pourradical · 20 strokes灌溉 guàn gàito irrigate灌木 guàn mùbush他對她大灌迷湯。He showered her with compliments.
  • ㄆㄞˋ·pàia faction, a school; to send, to assignradical · 9 strokes學派 黨派
  • ㄓㄨˇ·zhǔto enjoin; to urgeradical · 24 strokes叮囑 囑咐
  • ㄈㄨˋ·used in 吩咐: to instructradical · 8 strokes吩咐 囑咐
  • ㄖㄡˋ·ròumeat; fleshradical · 6 strokes肌肉 雞肉
  • ㄩˋ·abundant, well-offradical · 13 strokes富裕 充裕
  • ㄇㄛˋ·the end, the tip; powderradical · 5 strokes歲末 捨本逐末
  • ㄔㄥˊ·chéngsincere, honest; trulyradical · 13 strokes誠摯 誠樸
  • ㄇㄧㄠˊ·miáoto take aim; to glance atradical · 14 strokes瞄準 瞄了一眼
  • ㄞˋ·àito hinder; to obstructradical · 19 strokes有礙觀瞻
  • ㄌㄢˊ·lánto block; to bar the wayradical · 20 strokes攔阻 攔截
  • ㄗㄨˇ·to block; an obstacleradical · 8 strokes天阻 險阻
  • ㄑㄧˇ·to beg; to ask forradical · 3 strokes乞巧 乞討