INTRODUCTION TO BASIC CHINESE CHARACTERS: © KWIKCHINESE.COM
UNIT SEVEN 王、 玉、 国、 口 、 只 、 中、 木、 米、 氵、 法、乞、 吃、 羊、 美、 肉
字 = Zì |
拼音 = Pīnyīn |
英文 = Yīngwén |
繁体= Fǎntǐ t |
王 |
wáng |
Common surname/king |
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玉 |
yù |
jade |
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国 |
guó |
country |
國 |
口 |
kǒu |
mouth |
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只 |
zhǐ |
only |
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中 |
zhōng |
middle |
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木 |
mù |
wood/tree |
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米 |
mǐ |
rice (generally uncooked) |
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氵 r 氵=水 |
sāndiǎnshuǐ |
three-dots-water |
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法 |
fǎ |
way/method |
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乞 r |
qǐ |
beg(gar) |
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吃 |
chī |
eat |
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羊 r 羊 = ⺷ |
yáng |
sheep/goat |
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美 |
měi |
beautiful |
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内 |
nèi |
inner/internal |
~內 |
肉 |
ròu |
meat |
~肉 |
Combinations
王 = 一 + 土 玉 = 王 + 丶 国 = 囗+ 玉 只 = 口 + 八 |
中 = 口 + 丨 米 =丷 + 木 法 = 氵+ 去 |
吃 = 口 + 乞 美 = ⺷ + 大 肉 = 冂 + 人 + 人 |
词 = cí [phrases]
女士 |
Nǚshì |
Miss/Madame [formal] |
人口 |
rénkǒu |
population |
玉米 |
yùmǐ |
corn |
法国 |
Fǎguó |
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国内 |
guónèi |
domestic |
Writing Practice Seven
17. Wáng nǚshì shì Zhōngguó rén háishì Fǎguó rén? Is Mrs. Wang Chinese or French? 18. Měiguórén chī yángròu ma? = Do Americans eat lamb? 19. Měiguó rénkǒu duōshǎo, Zhōngguó rénkǒu duōshǎo? What’s the population of
20. Guónèi de yùmǐ hǎochī ma? Is domestic corn good? Literally: Does domestic corn taste good? |
Notes
21. 米 means rice, but is also a suffix for other foods such as yùmǐ, huāshēngmǐ, and xiāmǐ [corn, peanuts, and small dried shrimp].
22. As seen in unit four, 人and 入 are distinct characters. Note that in traditional characters 内 and 肉 may be printed with either 人 or 入; so you will find both 内~內 and 肉~肉.
23. Look at the stroke orders below. You will see that although 羊 and ⺷ are similar, in羊the vertical stroke is written last, whereas in ⺷ the horizontal stroke comes last.