Basics Flashcards
1
Q
人
A
Person, rén
2
Q
大
A
Big, dà
3
Q
小
A
Small, xiâo
4
Q
火
A
huô, fire
5
Q
山
A
mountain, Shān
6
Q
人人
A
Everybody, rén rén
7
Q
大人
A
Adult, dà rén
8
Q
小人
A
Xiâo rén, Meaning Villian
(Small) + (Person) = villian
Expect it to mean child, small person. But it’s not, it’s a nasty/narrow-minded person.
9
Q
大小
A
dà xiâo, meaning size.
Big (大) + small (小) = size 大小
Size in realtion to dimension or magnitude of a certain context.
10
Q
火山
A
Meaning volcano, huǒ shān，
fire (火) + mountain (山) = volcano
11
Q
大火
A
Big fire, dà huǒ
12
Q
日
A
rì, it is a pictrograph of the sun.
Means sun, daytime, day, etc.
13
Q
月
A
yuè，Meaning moon and also month, evolving from a crescent moon to what we see today.
14
Q
夕
A
xī
Meaning dusk and/or evening. The time after sunset
15
Q
水
A
shuǐ，meaning water and/or river and/or liquid.
Originally created to depict a river running between two banks.
