Chinese KII.105 course

地道 （Dìdào）

authentic

棒 (Bàng)

Great

普通 (Pǔtōng)

Ordinary

普通语 (Pǔtōng yǔ)

Mandarin

马马虎虎 (Mǎmǎhǔhǔ)

so-so

现在什么样? (Xiànzài shénme yàng)

How are you these days？

还行 (Hái xíng)

fine

金融 (Jīnróng)

finance

文学 (Wénxué)

Literature

先生 (Xiānshēng)

Mister

女士 (Nǚshì)

madam

认识 (Rènshí)

know

认识你很高兴 (Rènshí nǐ hěn gāoxìng)

Pleased to meet you

太太 (Tàitài)

wife/mrs

从 (cóng)

from someplace

懂

understand

告

to tell

豚

dolphin

鸟

bird

鸡

Chicken

售

for sale

难

Disaster

集 牢 囚

牧

shepherd

牢

Stable，prison

囚

prisoner

马

horse

妈

mom

吗

question particle

骂

Blame

犬

Dog

吠

Barking

伏

Crouch

哭

to cry

器

machine

鱼

Fish

渔

Fish

羊

Sheep

羔

Lamb

鲜

Fresh

美人鱼

Mermaid

牧羊人

Shepherd

牧羊犬

Shepherd dog

laizi

come from

dangran

of course

个 gè

generic measure word

间 jiān

room measure word

棵 kē

plants or trees measure word

双 shuāng

pairs of things

张 zhāng

flat thing measure word

支 zhī

twig-like objects measure word

只 zhī

animals measure word

把

chair and other things with handle measure word

杯

cup measure word

本

books measure word

副

keyboard measure word

根

thing things like banana or cucumber measure word

盒

box measure word

家

family, business, restaurant measure word

罐

can measure word

辆

car measure word

间

room measure word

件

clothing, gift measure word

块

Things that are in a blob or together somehow measure word, measure word for currency

盘

plate measure word

瓶

bottle measure word

台

computer, printer measure word

茶馆

teahouse

然后

then, afterward

壶

pot, kettle measure word

点心

dim sum

稍等

to wait a moment

Grass Radical “艸” (草)

vegetation and greenery

Water Radical “水”

anything related to water, usually appearing on the left side

ice radical (冰, bīng)

Wood Radical “木”

Characters like 本 and 来 use the wood radical as their basis in addition to being found on the left of other wood-associated characters such as 树 and 林.

Hand Radical “手”

every verb that’s “doing” something, although it will shift to the left on the “hands-on” approach and have one stroke less compared to 手.

Mouth Radical “口”

not confuse it with the enclosure radical (囗); the mouth radical is usually used along with smaller elements and appears to the left, while larger ones are written last and often as the largest element.

You’ll also often see the mouth radical used for sentence-ending particles as well as words related to the mouth.

Heart Radical “心”

standard (心) and radical forms (忄)

Insect Radical “虫”

describe insects, as well as other animals like crabs.

Bamboo Radical “竹”

top of other Chinese building materials, including “box” (箱), among others.

Silk Radical “糸”

often in colours red (红) and paper and silk (纸 ，丝), as well as verbs like “to give” (给).

位

people measure word

这里

Here

想

think，want

青菜

green veggies

蘑菇

mushroom

西兰花

broccoli

完

bowl，measure word for food or drink

西红柿

tomato

跟

with，to go with

门口

doorway

又

Again，also