Chapter 8

Question 1

míng

Answer 1

明 bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Question 2

dài

Answer 2

带 band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL: 條｜条 / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise

Question 3

wèi

Answer 3

位 position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits

Question 4

kè

Answer 4

客 customer / visitor / guest

Question 5

dǒng

Answer 5

懂 to understand / to know

Question 6

jiè

Answer 6

介 to introduce / to lie between / between

Question 7

shào

Answer 7

绍 to continue / to carry on

Question 8

dāng

Answer 8

当 to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

Question 9

rán

Answer 9

然 correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly

Question 10

dì

Answer 10

第 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)

Question 11

guān

Answer 11

观 to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / to advise / concept / point of view

Question 12

xiāng

Answer 12

香 fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick

Question 13

kù

Answer 13

裤 underpants / trousers / pants

Question 14

cí

Answer 14

词 word / statement / speech / lyrics

Question 15

diǎn

Answer 15

典 canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

Question 16

lìng

Answer 16

另 other / another / separate / separately

Question 17

chú

Answer 17

除 to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including

Question 18

chèn

Answer 18

衬 (of garments) against the skin / to line / lining / to contrast with / to assist financially

Question 19

yī

Answer 19

衣 clothes

Question 20

gào

Answer 20

告 to tell / to inform / to say

Question 21

sù

Answer 21

诉 to complain / to sue / to tell

Question 22

jiē

Answer 22

接 to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one’s turn on duty / to take over for sb

Question 23

lǚ

Answer 23

旅 trip / travel / to travel / brigade (army)

Question 24

wèi

Answer 24

为 because of / for / to

Question 25

huí

Answer 25

回 to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)