Learning Chinese Language and Culture (Intermediate Chinese Textbook (Vol. 1)) - Chapter 2 - How are Chinese Characters Created? (漢字是怎樣產生的?)

產生

chǎnshēng - V - produce; generate

大概

dàgài - Adv - probably; about

商朝

shāngcháo - Prn - Shang Dynasty

早(晚)期

zǎo (wǎn) qī - N - early (late) stage/period

甲骨文

jiǎgǔwén - N - inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.—1046 B.C.)

刻寫

kèxiě - V - inscribe, carve

龜甲

guījiǎ - N - tortoise shells

牛骨

niúgǔ - N - ox bones

迷信

míxìn - V/N/Adj - (to be) superstitious, superstition

生活

shēnghuó - V/N - live; life

占卜

zhānbǔ - V - practice divination; divine

方法

fāngfǎ - N - way; method

上帝

shàngdì - Prn - God

腐爛

fǔlàn - V - decompose

保留

bǎoliú - V - keep; preserve

圖畫

túhuà - N - drawing; picture

物體

wùtǐ - N - object

樣子

yàngzi - N - appearance; form; shape

像

xiàng - V - take after; look like; be same or similar in image

幅

fú - M - measure word for paintings and pictures

典

diǎn - N - standarized text (e.g. dictionary)

冊

cè - N - volume; book

捧

pěng - V - hold in both hands

竹片

zhúpiàn - N - bamboo chip

久

jiǔ - Adj - for a long time

古文字

gǔwénzì - N - ancient writing

蘇美爾文字

sūměiěrwénzì - Prn - Sumerian writing

古埃及文字

gǔāijíwénzì - Prn - Ancient Egyptian writing

瑪雅文字

mǎyǎwénzì - Prn - Mayan writing

使用

shǐyòng - V - use

唯一

wéiyī - Adj - sole; only; unique

形狀

xíngzhuàng - N - appearance; form; shape

月亮

yuèliàng - N - the moon

太陽

tàiyáng - N - the sun

明亮

míngliàng - Adj - bright

叫做

jiàozuò - V - to be addressed as

表示

biǎoshì - V - show; express; indicate

讀音

dúyīn - N - pronunciation

形旁

xíngpáng - N - semantic element of a character

聲旁

shēngpáng - N - phonetic element of a character

絕大多數

juédàduōshù - N - the vast majority

筷

kuài - N - chopsticks

重要

zhòngyào - Adj - important

黃河

huánghé - Prn - The Yellow River

眼淚

yǎnlèi - N - tears

抓

zhuā - V - grab; seize; catch

打仗

dǎzhàng - V - go to a war

湖

húhú - N - lake

糊塗

hútú - Adj - confused; bewildered

燒

shāo - V - burn

糊

hú - V - (of food) burnt

蝴蝶

húdié - N - butterfly

胡

hú - N - a family name