Chapter 7

Question 1

jiù

Answer 1

就 at once / right away / only / just (emphasis) / as early as / already / as soon as / then / in that case / as many as / even if / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / to suffer / subjected to / to accomplish / to take advantage of / to go with (of foods) / with regard to / concerning

Question 2

kā - fēi

Answer 2

咖 - 啡 coffee / class / grade - (phonetic component)

Question 3

páng

Answer 3

旁 beside / one side / other / side / self / the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic

Question 4

chéng

Answer 4

城 city walls / city / town

Question 5

tiáo

Answer 5

条 strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Question 6

jiē

Answer 6

街 street

Question 7

rè

Answer 7

热 to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

Question 8

nào

Answer 8

闹 noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke

Question 9

zuǒ

Answer 9

左 left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite

Question 10

biān

Answer 10

边 side / edge / margin / border / boundary

Question 11

yòu

Answer 11

右 right (-hand) / the Right (politics) / west (old)

Question 12

guǒ

Answer 12

果 fruit / result / resolute / indeed / if really

Question 13

lóu

Answer 13

楼 house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor

Question 14

guān

Answer 14

关 mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve

Question 15

fāng

Answer 15

方 square / power or involution (mathematics) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter

Question 16

biàn

Answer 16

便 ordinary / plain / convenient / as convenient / when the chance arises / handy / easy / informal / simple / so / thus / to relieve oneself / to urinate / to defecate

Question 17

pián

Answer 17

便 advantageous / cheap

Question 18

fù

Answer 18

附 to add / to attach / to be close to / to be attached

Question 19

jìn

Answer 19

近 near / close to / approximately

Question 20

yǐng

Answer 20

影 picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace

Question 21

yuàn

Answer 21

院 courtyard / institution

Question 22

hé

Answer 22

河 river

Question 23

xǔ

Answer 23

许 to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps

Question 24

shù

Answer 24

树 tree / to cultivate / to set up

Question 25

měi

Answer 25

美 beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to be pleased with oneself

Question 26

cǎo

Answer 26

草 grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough

Question 27

xiū

Answer 27

休 to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don’t

Question 28

xī

Answer 28

息 breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest

Question 29

sàn

Answer 29

散 to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

Question 30

bù

Answer 30

步 a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation

Question 31

huò

Answer 31

或 maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or

Question 32

zhě

Answer 32

者 (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) … / (after a noun) person involved in … / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後｜后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this

Question 33

zǒng

Answer 33

总 always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case

Question 34

zhàn

Answer 34

站 station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website

Question 35

xiào

Answer 35

校 school / military officer

Question 36

wài

Answer 36

外 outside / in addition / foreign / external