Grade 5 · second semester, Lesson 8
Grade 5 Lesson 8 Chinese characters
These are the 22 characters taught in Grade 5, 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
- 澄ㄔㄥˊ·chéngclear, limpid, pureradical 氵 · 15 strokes澄清 chéng qīng — clear清澄 qīng chéng — limpid感謝澄清。 — Thanks for the clarification.
- 價ㄐㄧㄚˋ·jiàprice, valueradical 亻 · 15 strokes評價 píng jià — to evaluate代價 dài jià — price你出價多少？ — How much did you bid?
- 牧ㄇㄨˋ·mùshepherd, to tend cattleradical 牛 · 8 strokes牧業 mù yè — livestock husbandry牧場 mù chǎng — pasture牧師在教堂裡。 — The pastor is in the church.
- 琉ㄌㄧㄡˊ·liúsparkling stone, opaque, glazedradical 王 · 11 strokes琉璃 liú li — colored glaze used in traditional Chinese architecture琉璃瓦 liú li wǎ — glazed roof tile
- 窺ㄎㄨㄟ·kuīto peep, to spy on, to watchradical 穴 · 16 strokes窺探 kuī tàn — to pry into or spy on窺視 kuī shì — to peep at
- 譟ㄗㄠˋ·zàoto be noisy, to chirp loudlyradical 口 · 16 strokes他抱怨這個噪音。 — He complained about the noise.
- 錨ㄇㄠˊ·máoanchorradical 釒 · 17 strokes起錨 qǐ máo — to weigh anchor錨鏈 máo liàn — anchor chain我們的昨晚車拋錨了。 — Our car broke down last night.
- 誤ㄨˋ·wùerror, fault, mistakeradical 言 · 14 strokes錯誤 cuò wù — mistaken誤解 wù jiě — to misunderstand沒有錯誤。 — There's no mistake.
- 媒ㄇㄟˊ·méigo-between, matchmaker, mediumradical 女 · 12 strokes媒體 méi tǐ — media, esp. news media媒介 méi jiè — intermediary
- 擷ㄒㄧㄝˊ·xiéto pick up, to gather, to acquireradical 扌 · 18 strokes擷取 xié qǔ — to pick擷英 xié yīng — to select the best parts
- 哏ㄍ·génhēna funny line or gagradical 口 · 9 strokes逗哏 — 抓哏 —
- 宣ㄒㄩㄢ·xuānto announce, to proclaim; to let outradical 宀 · 9 strokes宣傳 — 宣洩怨氣 —
- 寬ㄎㄨㄢ·kuānwide, broad; lenientradical 宀 · 15 strokes寬肩膀 — 寬袍大袖 —
- 泛ㄈㄢˋ·fànto float; general, vagueradical 水 · 8 strokes泛舟 — 空泛 —
- 繁ㄈㄢˊ·[一]pó[二]fánnumerous, complex; flourishingradical 糸 · 17 strokes繁星點點 — 繁文縟節 —
- 篇ㄆㄧㄢ·piāna piece of writing; a counter for articlesradical 竹 · 15 strokes通篇及義 — 一篇論文 —
- 刪ㄕㄢ·shānto delete; to cut outradical 刀 · 7 strokes刪除 — 刪減 —
- 婦ㄈㄨˋ·fùa married woman; a wiferadical 女 · 11 strokes夫婦 — 婦孺皆知 —
- 頁ㄧㄝˋ·yèa page; a sheetradical 頁 · 9 strokes活頁 — 冊頁 —
- 謠ㄧㄠˊ·yáoa folk song; a rumourradical 言 · 17 strokes民謠 — 歌謠 —
- 版ㄅㄢˇ·bǎna printing plate; an editionradical 片 · 8 strokes版築 — 宋版書 —
- 謹ㄐㄧㄣˇ·jǐncareful, cautious; respectfullyradical 言 · 18 strokes