New Chinese Characters

以

Yǐ—To use, therefore, by means of, in order to

用

Yòng—To use, to employ, to have to, to eat or drink, expenses or outlay, usefulness, hence, therefore

如

Rú—As, as if, such as

如果

Rú guǒ—If, in case, in the event that

现在

Xiàn zài—Now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays

呢

Ne—(particle indicating that the previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word—”what about…?”, “And…?”), (Particle signaling pause, to emphasize preceding words, keep listener on board), (Particle indicating continuation of state or action), (Particle indicating strong information)

而

Ér—But, and, and so

自

Zì—Self, form, oneself, since, naturally, surely

过

Guò—To cross, to go over, to pass (time)

行

Xíng—To walk, to travel, to move, temporary, makeshift, capable, competent, alright, OK!

时

Shì—Affair, matter, business, work, thing, item

还

Hái—Still, still more, yet, even more, in addition

从

Cóng—From, via, through, past, to obey

到

Dào—To go to, to arrive, up to, until (a time)

者

Zhě—-er, -ist (someone who does something)

意

Yì—Idea, thought, opinion, to think, wish

无

Wú—None, no, not to have, to lack, un-, -less

力

Lì—Power, strength, force, ability, strenuously

与

Yǔ—And, with, to give

知

Zhī—To know, to be aware

又

Yòu—Again, also, both…and…, (for emphasis) anyway

就

Jiù—At once, only, as early as, already, to approach

作者

Zuò zhě—Author, writer

得

Dé—To obtain, to get, to catch (a disease), proper, to allow, to permit

于

Yú—To go, to take, (sentence-final interrogative particle)

着

Zhe—(Aspect particle indicating action in progress), to touch, to come in contact with, to feet, to catch fire, to burn

之

Zhī—(possessive particle), him, her, it

发

Fā—To send out, to show (one’s feeling), to issue

作

Zuò—To write, to do, to grow, to pretend, writings/works

所

Suǒ—Actually, place, (classifier for houses, small buildings, etc.)

然

Rán—Correct, right, so, thus, like, this, -ly

种

Zhǒng—Seed, species, kind, type, to plant, to grow

你今天过的怎么样

Nǐ jīn tiān guò de zěn me yàng—How are you doing today?

成

Chéng—To succeed, to complete, to accomplish, to be alright, OK!

现

Xiàn—Appear, now, present, existing, current

当

Dāng—When, to be, to act as, manage, withstand, during, ought, equal

动

Dòng—To move, to set something in movement, to displace

起

Qǐ—Together, to stand up, to rise, to get up, to set up

定

Dìng—To settle, to decide, to set, to fix, to determine

分

Fēn—Point, minute, to distribute, to separate, fraction, 0.01 yuan

进

Jìn—To come in, to enter, to go forward, to submit, to admit

法

Fǎ—Law, method, way, Buddhist teaching

等等

Děng děng—Etc., and so on, wait a minute!, hold on!

其

Qí—Its, his, her, their, that, such

些

Xiē—Some, few, several (measure word indicating a small amount or small #)

样

Yàng—Manner, pattern, way, appearance, shape

理

Lǐ—Texture, reason, logic, truth, science, to manage

前

Qián—Front, forward, ahead, first, future, ago, before, BC

实

Shí—Real, honest, true, really, solid, definitely

军

Jūn—Army, military, arms

机

Jī—Machine, opportunity, engine, intention

民

Mín—People, citizen, nationality

公

Gōng—Public, fair, duke, collectively owned, common

此

Cǐ—This, these

工

Gōng—Work, job, worker, skill, profession, trade, craft, labor

已

Yǐ—Already, to stop, then, afterwards

使

Shǐ—To make, to cause, to enable, to use, to employ

情

Qíng—feeling, emotion, passion, situation