Chapter 4

Question 1

gōng

Answer 1

公 public / collectively owned / common / international

Question 2

sī

Answer 2

司 to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

Question 3

zuò

Answer 3

作 to do / to grow / to write or compose / to pretend / to regard as / to feel / writings or works

Question 4

zuò

Answer 4

做 to do / to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to act as / to engage in / to hold (a party) / to be / to become / to function (in some capacity) / to serve as / to be used for / to form (a bond or relationship) / to pretend / to feign / to act a part / to put on appearance

Question 5

lí

Answer 5

离 to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth)

Question 6

yuǎn

Answer 6

远 far / distant / remote

Question 7

měi

Answer 7

每 each / every

Question 8

zǎo

Answer 8

早 early / morning / Good morning!

Question 9

diǎn

Answer 9

点 point / dot / drop / speck / o’clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop

Question 10

fàn

Answer 10

饭 food / cuisine / cooked rice / meal

Question 11

zhǐ

Answer 11

只 only / merely / just / but

Question 12

hē

Answer 12

喝 to drink / My goodness!

Question 13

bēi

Answer 13

杯 trophy cup / cup / classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

Question 14

chá

Answer 14

茶 tea / tea plant

Question 15

chī

Answer 15

吃 to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer

Question 16

chà

Answer 16

差 to differ from / to fall short of / lacking / wrong / inferior

Question 17

fēn

Answer 17

分 to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / part or subdivision / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

Question 18

chū

Answer 18

出 to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

Question 19

zuò

Answer 19

坐 to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit

Question 20

dì

Answer 20

地 earth / ground / field / place / land

Question 21

tiě

Answer 21

铁 iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang)

Question 22

bān

Answer 22

班 team / class / squad / work shift

Question 23

xīng

Answer 23

星 star / satellite / small amount

Question 24

qī

Answer 24

期 variant of 期 / period / cycle

Question 25

dào

Answer 25

到 to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive

Question 26

yǐ

Answer 26

以 to use / according to / so as to / by means of / in order to / by / with / because

Question 27

hòu

Answer 27

后 back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later

Question 28

kāi

Answer 28

开 to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (vehicle

Question 29

shǐ

Answer 29

始 to begin / to start / then / only then

Question 30

kè

Answer 30

刻 quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals

Question 31

xiān

Answer 31

先 early / prior / former / in advance / first

Question 32

yuē

Answer 32

约 to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise

Question 33

shì

Answer 33

事 matter / thing / item / work / affair

Question 34

wǎn

Answer 34

晚 night, evening; late

Question 35

nán

Answer 35

男 male

Question 36

qián

Answer 36

前 front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before

Question 37

shí

Answer 37

时 o’clock / time / when / hour / season / period

Question 38

zěn

Answer 38

怎 how

Question 39

hòu

Answer 39

候 to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days