Assignment X

Question 1

説文解字

Answer 1

Shuo1wen2 jie3zi4

Explaining depictions of reality and analyzing graphs of words

Question 2

虫

Answer 2

hui3

snake, viper

Question 3

蝮

Answer 3

fu4

pit-viper

Question 4

博

Answer 4

bo2

wide, broad

Question 5

寸

Answer 5

cun4

measure of length, “inch”; exact measurement varied over time: Han dynasty, 0.91 Western inches;

Question 6

首

Answer 6

shou3

head; first; leader, chief; a poem

Question 7

擘指

Answer 7

bo4zhi3

thumb

Question 8

象…形

Answer 8

to symbolize the physical shape of

Question 9

臥

Answer 9

wo4

to lie down

Question 10

蠃

Answer 10

luo2

gastropod; snail, whelk, periwinkle

Question 11

介

Answer 11

jie4

shell, hard outer casing, testaceous; plating; carapace; crustacean; gen. term for animals with shelly covering.

Question 12

鱗

Answer 12

lin2

scales (of fish/dragon)

Question 13

屬

Answer 13

shu3

category

Question 14

从…

Answer 14

have…as a semantic constituent

Question 15

…切 反切

Answer 15

From the late Han, the pronunciation of a word can be indicated by giving two characters: the first shows the initial (聲母); the second shows the final (韻母).
e.g. 旦：得安切; 根：古痕切

Question 16

蟲

Answer 16

chong2

gen. term for insects;

Question 17

豸

Answer 17

zhi4

an insect that glides but without feet/legs

Question 18

宣德

Answer 18

Xuan4de2

Reign period

Question 19

尚

Answer 19

shang4

to place above, to favor

Question 20

促織

Answer 20

cu4zhi1

cricket

Question 21

戲

Answer 21

xi4

theatrical play, show

Question 22

徵

Answer 22

zheng1

summon, recruit; musical note

Question 23

華陰

Answer 23

hua2yin1

Mount Hua

Question 24

令

Answer 24

ling4

prefect

Question 25

媚

Answer 25

mei4

charming, attractive; flatter

Question 26

鬥

Answer 26

dou4

fight

Question 27

才

Answer 27

cai2

gifted, talented (here used as a verb, 以之為才)

Question 28

責

Answer 28

ze2

one’s responsibility, duty

Question 29

游俠兒

Answer 29

wondering cavalier/swashbuckler/bravo

Question 30

籠

Answer 30

long2

cage

Question 31

昂

Answer 31

ang2

rise, raise; proud, bold; upright

Question 32

直

Answer 32

zhi2

variant of 值, value

Question 33

居為

Answer 33

ju1wei2

take …as

Question 34

里胥

Answer 34

li3xu4

the clerk of a li (village/residential compound)

Question 35

猾黠

Answer 35

hua2xia2

cunning

Question 36

假…

Answer 36

jia3

take…as an excuse, make use of …

Question 37

科

Answer 37

ke1

(according to) category [here: this category 此科 refers to cricket—a special form of tax]

Question 38

斂

Answer 38

lian3

levy, collect (taxes or imposts)

Question 39

丁口

Answer 39

ding1kou3

(taxes or imposts of) the population

Question 40

責

Answer 40

ze2

one’s responsibility, duty

Question 41

傾

Answer 41

qing1

to topple, to ruin