Chapter 10

Question 1

kǎo

Answer 1

考 to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father

Question 2

shì

Answer 2

试 to test / to try / experiment / examination / test

Question 3

zhèng

Answer 3

正 just (right) / main / upright / straight / correct / positive / greater than zero / principle

Question 4

fù

Answer 4

复 to repeat / to double / to overlap / complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping / to duplicate

Question 5

suàn

Answer 5

算 to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute

Question 6

tú

Answer 6

图 diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張｜张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek

Question 7

zài

Answer 7

再 again / once more / re- / second / another / then (after sth, and not until then)

Question 8

jiè

Answer 8

借 to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

Question 9

zhǎo

Answer 9

找 to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change

Question 10

gōng

Answer 10

功 meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

Question 11

yīn

Answer 11

因 cause / reason / because

Question 12

cì

Answer 12

次 next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

Question 13

zhēn

Answer 13

真 really / truly / indeed / real / true / genuine

Question 14

jiào

Answer 14

教 religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell / to learn

Question 15

shì

Answer 15

室 room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Question 16

bìng

Answer 16

病 illness / CL: 場｜场 / disease / to fall ill / defect

Question 17

yī

Answer 17

医 medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat

Question 18

gāng

Answer 18

刚 hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly

Question 19

yào

Answer 19

药 medicine / drug / cure / CL: 種｜种, 服, 味

Question 20

shuì

Answer 20

睡 to sleep / to lie down

Question 21

ná

Answer 21

拿 to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take

Question 22

jìn

Answer 22

进 to advance / to enter / to come (or go) into / to receive or admit / to eat or drink / to submit or present / (used after a verb) into, in / to score a goal

Question 23

tǎng

Answer 23

躺 to recline / to lie down

Question 24

zhe

Answer 24

着 aspect particle indicating action in progress

Question 25

zháo

Answer 25

着 to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to fall asleep / to burn

Question 26

fàng

Answer 26

放 to release / to free / to let go / to put / to place / to let out / to set off (fireworks)

Question 27

zhī

Answer 27

枝 branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Question 28

bǐ

Answer 28

笔 pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: 支, 枝

Question 29

zhòng

Answer 29

重 heavy / serious / to attach importance to

Question 30

chóng

Answer 30

重 to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

Question 31

xìng

Answer 31

兴 feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement

Question 32

bàn

Answer 32

办 to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with

Question 33

tí

Answer 33

题 topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL: 個｜个, 道

Question 34

xiào

Answer 34

笑 laugh / smile / CL: 個｜个

Question 35

jí

Answer 35

极 extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top

Question 36

jí

Answer 36

急 urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried / to make (sb) anxious