Chapter 9

Question 1

chūn

Answer 1

春 spring (time) / gay / joyful / youthful / love / lust / life

Question 2

yè

Answer 2

叶 leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period

Question 3

qì

Answer 3

气 gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Question 4

nuǎn

Answer 4

暖 warm / to heat / genial

Question 5

xíng

Answer 5

行 to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do

Question 6

yuè

Answer 6

越 to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more… the more

Question 7

jià

Answer 7

假 vacation

Question 8

qiū

Answer 8

秋 autumn / fall / harvest time / a swing

Question 9

shè

Answer 9

社 society / group / club / agency / (old) god of the land

Question 10

fēi

Answer 10

飞 to fly

Question 11

jī

Answer 11

机 machine / engine / opportunity / intention / aircraft / pivot / crucial point / flexible (quick-witted) / organic

Question 12

piào

Answer 12

票 ticket / ballot / bank note / CL: 張｜张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for shipments and business transactions (dialect)

Question 13

qián

Answer 13

钱 coin / money / CL: 筆｜笔 / unit of weight

Question 14

qiān

Answer 14

千 thousand

Question 15

bǎi

Answer 15

百 hundred / numerous / all kinds of

Question 16

kuài

Answer 16

块 lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc)

Question 17

yuán

Answer 17

元 unit of money (in PRC: Chinese yuan, in USA: dollar, etc) / primary / first

Question 18

guì

Answer 18

贵 expensive / noble / your (name) / precious

Question 19

cái

Answer 19

才 ability / talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / only / only then / just now

Question 20

zuó

Answer 20

昨 yesterday

Question 21

dōng

Answer 21

冬 winter

Question 22

lěng

Answer 22

冷 cold

Question 23

yí

Answer 23

宜 proper / should / suitable / appropriate

Question 24

xiàn

Answer 24

现 to appear / present / now / existing / current

Question 25

xià

Answer 25

夏 summer

Question 26

fēng

Answer 26

封 to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

Question 27

xìn

Answer 27

信 letter / mail / CL: 封 / to trust / to believe / to profess faith in / truthful / confidence / trust / at will / at random

Question 28

jiǎng

Answer 28

讲 to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasise / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture

Question 29

jué

Answer 29

决 to decide / to determine / to execute (sb) / (of a dam etc) to breach or burst / definitely / certainly

Question 30

máo

Answer 30

毛 hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit = 1 / 10 yuan

Question 31

jiǎo

Answer 31

角 angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

Question 32

yóu

Answer 32

邮 post (office) / mail

Question 33

gòu

Answer 33

够 to reach / to be enough