Grade 6 Lesson 8 Chinese characters

This lesson's characters

• 稿ㄍㄠˇ·gǎodraft, manuscript, rough copyradical 禾 · 15 strokes稿子 gǎo zi — draft of a document稿件 gǎo jiàn — piece of writing submitted for publication我在寫演講的草稿。 — I am writing a draft of the speech.
• 鍛ㄉㄨㄢˋ·duànto temper, to refine, to forge metalradical 釒 · 17 strokes鍛鍊 duàn liàn — to toughen鍛造 duàn zào — to forge我兒子正在鍛鍊上廁所。 — My son is being potty trained.
• 塌ㄊㄚ·tāto collapse, to fall into ruinradical 土 · 13 strokes倒塌 dǎo tā — to collapse塌方 tā fāng — to cave in
• 驟ㄓㄡˋ·zhòuprocedure, sudden, abruptradical 馬 · 24 strokes步驟 bù zhòu — procedure驟然 zhòu rán — suddenly
• 柢ㄉㄧˇ·dǐroot, baseradical 木 · 9 strokes根柢 gēn dǐ — root
• 駕ㄐㄧㄚˋ·jiàto drive, to ride, to sailradical 馬 · 15 strokes駕車 jià chē — to drive a vehicle尊駕 zūn jià — lit. your honored carriage她沒有駕照。 — She doesn't have a driver's license.
• 旨ㄓˇ·zhǐaim, intention, purposeradical 日 · 6 strokes旨在 zhǐ zài — to have as its purpose旨意 zhǐ yì — decree
• 扔ㄖㄥ·rēngto throw, to hurl, to cast awayradical 扌 · 5 strokes扔下 rēng xià — to throw down扔掉 rēng diào — to throw away他把球扔了。 — He threw the ball.
• 掏ㄊㄠ·tāoto take out, to pull out, to clean outradical 扌 · 11 strokes掏出 tāo chū — to fish out掏錢 tāo qián — to pay湯姆掏錢結帳。 — Tom took out his wallet and paid the bill.
• 梗ㄍㄥˇ·gěngstem, branch, to hinderradical 木 · 11 strokes梗塞 gěng sè — to clog梗概 gěng gài — broad outline
• 皂ㄗㄠˋ·zàosoap, black, menial servantradical 白 · 7 strokes肥皂 féi zào — soap香皂 xiāng zào — perfumed soap肥皂沒了。 — There's no soap left.
• 眷ㄐㄩㄢˋ·juànto take an interest in, to care forradical 目 · 11 strokes眷屬 juàn shǔ — family member眷戀 juàn liàn — to miss
• 穴ㄒㄩㄝˊ·xuécave, den, holeradical 穴 · 5 strokes穴道 xué dào — acupuncture point洞穴 dòng xué — cave不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 — Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• 豈ㄑㄧˇ·qǐwhat, howradical 豆 · 10 strokes豈非 qǐ fēi — wouldn't it be ... ?豈敢 qǐ gǎn — how could one dare?
• 鈍ㄉㄨㄣˋ·dùnblunt, obtuse, dullradical 釒 · 12 strokes鈍角 dùn jiǎo — obtuse angle鈍器 dùn qì — blunt instrument
• 拈ㄋㄧㄢˊ·[一]nián[二]niǎnto pick up with the fingersradical 手 · 8 strokes拈鬮 — 拈香 —
• 豬ㄓㄨ·zhūa pigradical 豕 · 15 strokes豬仔 —
• 詫ㄔㄚˋ·chàto be astonishedradical 言 · 13 strokes詫異 —
• 啼ㄊㄧˊ·títo cry, to weep; to crowradical 口 · 12 strokes啼哭 — 虎嘯猿啼 —
• 抉ㄐㄩㄝˊ·juéto pick out; to chooseradical 手 · 7 strokes抉擇 —
• 苛ㄎㄜ·kēharsh, severe; to nitpickradical 艸 · 9 strokes苛刻 — 苛責 —
• 湛ㄓㄢˋ·[一]zhàn[二]chéndeep, profound; masterlyradical 水 · 12 strokes精湛 — 工夫湛深 —
• 茁ㄓㄨㄛˊ·zhuóto sprout; to grow strongradical 艸 · 9 strokes茁壯 —
• 懵ㄇㄥˊ·méngused in 懵懂: muddled, ignorantradical 心 · 19 strokes懵懂 — 懵懵 —