第四周：151-200

Question 1

万

Answer 1

wàn

1. ten thousand
2. a great number
3. surname

Question 2

方

Answer 2

fāng

1. square
2. power or involution (math.)
3. upright
4. honest
5. fair and square
6. direction
7. side
8. party (to a contract, dispute, etc.)
9. place
10. method
11. prescription (medicine)
12. just when
13. only or just
14. classifier for square things
15. abbr. for square or cubic meter

Question 3

房

Answer 3

fáng

1. house
2. room
3. branch of an extended family
4. classifier for family members (or concubines)

Question 4

放

Answer 4

fàng

1. to put
2. to place
3. to release
4. to free
5. to let go
6. to let out
7. to set off (fireworks or firecrackers)

Question 5

可

Answer 5

kě

1. can
2. may
3. able to
4. to approve
5. to permit
6. to suit
7. (particle used for emphasis) certainly
8. very

Question 6

哥

Answer 6

gē

1. elder brother

Question 7

河

Answer 7

hé

1. river
2. stream
3. yellow river

Question 8

何

Answer 8

hé

1. what
2. how
3. why
4. which
5. carry

Question 9

弟

Answer 9

dì

1. young brother
2. junior
3. I, me

Question 10

第

Answer 10

dì

1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two, etc.)
2. order
3. (old) rank in the imperial examinations
4. mansion
5. (literary) but
6. just

sequence; grade; number; degree

Question 11

且

Answer 11

qiě

1. and
2. moreover
3. yet
4. for the time being
5. to be about to
6. both (… and…)

(also pronounced jū)

Question 12

姐

Answer 12

jiě

1. edler sister, sister
2. a general terms for young women
3. elder female relative of the same generation in the clan

(Popular culture no longer refers to young women as 小姐, as it has become a term for prostitutes.)

Question 13

妹

Answer 13

mèi

1. younger sister; sister
2. junior female relative of the same generation
3. young girl

Question 14

而

Answer 14

ér

1. and; as well as
2. and yet; but; while on the other hand
3. so that; in order to
4. [with 由，从，自, etc.] to
5. [connecting an adverbial element to a verb] “匆匆而去”
6. [between a subject and a predicate expressing a condition, to be followed by a clause indicating result] it

Question 15

以

Answer 15

yǐ

1. with; by means of
2. according to
3. because of
4. at (a certain time); on (a fixed date)

Question 16

山

Answer 16

shān

1. hill; mountain; massif
2. anything resembling a mountain.
3. bunch of straw in which silkworms spin cocoons.
4. gable

Question 17

出

Answer 17

chū

1. go (or come) out (opp. 进，入)
2. exceed; go beyond
3. issue; put up; give
4. produce; turn out
5. arise; happen
6. put forth; vent
7. rise well (with cooking); grow in volume

Question 18

火

Answer 18

huǒ

Noun

1. fire
2. firearms; ammunition; fire
3. internal heat—one of the six causes of disease
4. anger; temper

Verb
1. get angry; be in a huff

Adjective

1. fiery; flamming; red as fire
2. booming; prosperous

Question 19

点

Answer 19

diǎn

Noun

1. drop (of liquid)
2. spot; dot; speck
3. dot strokes (in Chinese characters)
4. point (mathematics)
5. decimal point; point
6. place; point
7. aspect; feature
8. point (finance)

Verb

1. place a dot
2. touch on very briefly; skim
3. drip
4. sow in holes; dibble
5. check one by one; count
6. select; choose
7. hint; point out
8. light; burn; kindle
9. embellish; decorate

Measure word

1. a little; a bit; some
2. [for items] “我有几点不成熟的想法”

Noun

1. o’clock
2. appointed time
3. iron bell or clapper (used by government offices or influential families to give time or announce an event)
4. refreshments

Question 20

照

Answer 20

zhào

Noun

1. photograph; picture
2. license; permit

Verb

1. shine; illuminate; light up
2. reflect; mirror
3. take a picture (or photograph); photograph; film; shoot
4. take care of; look after
5. notify
6. contract
7. understand

Preposition

1. in the direction of towards
2. according to; in accordance with

Question 21

热

Answer 21

rè

Noun

1. heat
2. steam or water heat
3. fever; temperature
4. craze; fad

Verb
1. heat up; warm up; warm

Adjective

1. hot (opp. 冷)
2. ardent; warmhearted; enthusiastic; intimate
3. in great demand; popular
4. envious; eager
5. noisy
6. thermal; thermo-

Question 22

然

Answer 22

rán

Adjective
1. right; correct

Pronoun
1. so; like that

Conjunction (Literary)
1. but; nevertheless; however

Affix
1. [adverb or adjective suffix] “全然不知”

Question 23

黑

Answer 23

hēi

Adjective

1. black (opp. 白)
2. dark
3. secret; shady; illegal
4. wicked; sinister
5. reactionary

Noun
1. (Hēi) 黑龙江声、黑龙江，俄罗斯🇷🇺）

Verb

1. do sth. illegally or dishonestly
2. hack (into a website, etc.)

Question 24

石

Answer 24

shí

Noun

1. stone; rock
2. stone inscription
3. (Shí) Surname

Question 25

和

Answer 25

hé

Adjective

1. gentle; mild; kind
2. harmonious; on good terms

Noun

1. peace
2. (Hé) Surname

Verb
1. draw; tie (sports)

Conjunction
1. and

Preposition
1. [indicating relationship, comparison, etc.]

Noun

1. sum (mathematics)
2. Japan “汉和辞典”

Verb
1. together with

Question 26

利

Answer 26

lì

Adjective

1. sharp (opp. 钝 dùn)
2. favorable; smooth; convenient
3. fluent; eloquent

Noun

1. advantage; benefit (opp. 弊，害)
2. profit; interest

Verb

1. do good to; benefit
2. sharpen; perfect

Question 27

种

Answer 27

zhǒng

Noun

1. species (biology)
2. race; stock
3. branch; division; kind; sort; type
4. seed; strain; breed
5. guts; grit

Measure word
1. kind; sort; type

zhòng

Verb
1. grow; plant; cultivate

Question 28

内

Answer 28

nèi

Noun

1. inside; interior; inner part or side (opp. 外)
2. [before a noun or verb in forming a compound word] inner; internal
3. one’s wife or her relatives
4. [after a noun to indicate place, time, scope, or limits] within; in; inside
5. heart; mind

Question 29

同

Answer 29

tóng

Verb
1. be the same as

Adjective
1. same; alike; similar

Adverb
1. together; in common

Preposition
1. [indicating company; relationship, involvement, etc.] with
2. [introducing the recipient of an action
“他同我商量下一步该怎么办。”
3. [showing comparison] like; in relation to
4. for (dialect)

Conjunction
1. and

Question 30

市

Answer 30

shì

1. market
2. city; municipality
3. partaining to the tratidional Chinese system of weights and measures (about a foot long)

Question 31

用

Answer 31

yòng

1. expenses; outlay
2. usefulness; use
3. a surname

Question 32

力

Answer 32

lì

Noun

1. power; strength; ability
2. physical strength
3. force

Adjective
1. strong; efficient; capable

Adverb
1. energetically; vigorously

Question 33

历

Answer 33

lì

Verb
1. go through; undergo; experience

Noun

1. experience; record
2. calendar
3. history

Adjective
1. all previous (occasions, sessions, etc.)

Adverb
Literary
1. covering all; one by one; each; every ; all

Question 34

男

Answer 34

nán

Adjective

1. Man; boy; male (opp. 女)
2. (of certain animals) male

Noun
Literary
1. son; boy

Question 35

动

Answer 35

dòng

Verb

1. move; stir
2. act; get moving
3. change; alter
4. use
5. touch (one’s heart); arouse
6. [usu. in the negative] eat or drink

Adverb
Literary
1. easily; frequently

Question 36

地

Answer 36

dì

Noun

1. the earth
2. land; soil
3. fields
4. ground; floor
5. place; locality
6. position; situation
7. background; ground
8. distance travelled (measured in li (里) or stops (站))
9. indicating state of mind

de

Auxiliary
[after a an adverbial phrase]
实事求是地处理问题

天渐渐地暖了

(-ly)

Question 37

买

Answer 37

mǎi

Verb

1. buy; purchase
2. buy off; bribe

Question 38

卖

Answer 38

mài

Verb

1. sell (opp. 买)
2. betray (one’s country or friends)
3. exert to the utmost; not spare
4. show off

Measure word
1. one dish

Question 39

对

Answer 39

duì

Noun
1. antithetical couplet; couplet

Verb

1. answer; reply
2. treat; cope with; counter
3. train on; direct at
4. bring (two things) into contact; fit together
5. suit; agree; get along
6. compare; check; identify; verify
7. set; adjust
8. mix; add
9. divide into halves

Adjective

1. opposite; opposing
2. right; correct

Adverb
1. mutual; face to face

Preposition
1. with regard to; concerning

Measure word
1. pair; couple

Question 40

只

Answer 40

zhǐ

Adverb
1. only; just; merely

zhī

Adjective
1. single; one only

Measure word
1. [for boats, birds, certain animals, certain container, and one of a pair]

Question 41

认

Answer 41

rèn

Verb

1. recognize; know; make out; identify
2. enter into a certain relationship with; adopt
3. admit; recognize; own
4. undertake to do sth.
5. [often followed by 了 le] accept as unavoidable; resign oneself to

Question 42

识

Answer 42

shí

Noun
1. knowledge

Verb

1. know
2. understand; grasp
3. recognize

zhì

Verb

1. remember; commit to memory
2. to record
3. to write a footnote

Noun
1. Mark; sign

Question 43

生

Answer 43

shēng

Verb

1. give birth to; bear; generate
2. be born; come into existence (opp. 死)
3. grow
4. be afflicted with; get; have
5. light (a fire)

Noun
1. life; living

Adjective

1. alive; living
2. unripe; green (opp. 熟)
3. raw; uncooked (opp. 熟 ）
4. unprocessed; unrefined; crude (opp. 熟)
5. unfamiliar; unacquainted; strange (opp. 熟)
6. stiff; mechanical

Adverb
[before certain words, indicating feeling or perception] very; much

Noun

1. pupil; student
2. intellectual; scholar
3. [noun suffix, in names of occupations or stations of persons] 医生
4. male role (one of the four main roles in traditional opera)

Question 44

先

Answer 44

xiān

Noun

1. elder generation; ancestor; forebear
2. beginning (opp. 后)
3. term of respect for the dead; deceased; late
4. a surname

Adverb

1. earlier; before; first; in advance (opp. 后)
2. [with a negative word“不”, “别”, etc.] for the time being; for the moment; yet
3. earlier on; before; at first

Question 45

后

Answer 45

hòu

Noun

1. empress; queen
2. emperor; monarch sovereign

后/後

hòu

Noun

1. back; rear (opp. 前)
2. later time; future; after; afterward (opp. 前)
3. last (opp. 前，先)
4. offspring
5. [used to describe a generation born in a particular decade]

Question 46

胜

Answer 46

shèng

Verb

1. win (opp. 负，败)
2. defeat
3. [often followed by 于, etc] surpass; be superior to; get the better of
4. be equal to; can bear

Adjective
1. superb; wonderful; lovely

Noun
1. head ornaments

Question 47

姓

Answer 47

xìng

Noun

1. be surnamed
2. family name
3. surname

Question 48

雨

Answer 48

yǔ

Noun

1. rain
2. rainy

Question 49

学

Answer 49

xué

Noun

1. learning; knowledge
2. subject of study; branch of learning
3. school; college

Verb

1. study; learn
2. imitate; mimic

Question 50

觉

Answer 50

jué

Verb

1. sense; feel
2. wake (up); awake
3. become aware; become awakened
4. to become conscious of…

jiào

Noun

1. sleep
2. nap
3. a sleep