現代千字文 Lesson 12 - 17 Single Characters

Question 1

美

Answer 1

[transcribes:] America / X is beautiful měi

Question 2

麗

Answer 2

X is beautiful lì 丽

Question 3

迷

Answer 3

X enchants Y / is lost mí

Question 4

眼

Answer 4

eye / small hole yǎn

Question 5

睛

Answer 5

eyeball jīng

Question 6

柳

Answer 6

willow liǔ

Question 7

葉

Answer 7

leaf yè 叶

Question 8

眉

Answer 8

eyebrow méi

Question 9

瓜

Answer 9

melon / gourd guā

Question 10

臉

Answer 10

face liǎn 脸

Question 11

高

Answer 11

X is high / tall / above average gāo

Question 12

鼻

Answer 12

nose bí

Question 13

樑

Answer 13

bridge / ridge / roof beam liáng 梁

Question 14

寬

Answer 14

width / X is wide kuān 宽

Question 15

肩

Answer 15

shoulder jiān

Question 16

膀

Answer 16

arm / shoulder bǎng

Question 17

腰

Answer 17

waist yāo

Question 18

細

Answer 18

X is slender / careful xì 细

Question 19

腳

Answer 19

foot jiǎo 脚

Question 20

腿

Answer 20

leg tuǐ

Question 21

瘦

Answer 21

X is thin / lean shòu

Question 22

簡

Answer 22

X is simple jiǎn 简

Question 23

直

Answer 23

X is straight zhí

Question 24

像

Answer 24

portrait / X is like Y xiàng

Question 25

模

Answer 25

standard / model mó

Question 26

特

Answer 26

X is special tè

Question 27

市

Answer 27

market / city shì

Question 28

場

Answer 28

place where people gather chǎng 场

Question 29

賣

Answer 29

X sells / betrays Y to Z mài 卖

Question 30

婦

Answer 30

(married) woman fù 妇

Question 31

女

Answer 31

woman / daughter nǚ

Question 32

裝

Answer 32

clothing / X pretends to VERB zhuāng 装

Question 33

紅

Answer 33

X is red hóng 红

Question 34

藍

Answer 34

X is blue lán 蓝

Question 35

橘

Answer 35

tangerine jú

Question 36

黃

Answer 36

X is yellow huáng 黄

Question 37

淡

Answer 37

X is thin / light / slack dàn

Question 38

綠

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X is green lǜ 绿

Question 39

淺

Answer 39

X is shallow / light / superficial qiǎn 浅

Question 40

粉

Answer 40

powder / pink fěn

Question 41

色

Answer 41

color sè

Question 42

選

Answer 42

selection(s) / X selects Y xuǎn 选

Question 43

擇

Answer 43

X chooses Y zé 择

Question 44

穿

Answer 44

X crosses / wears Y chuān

Question 45

顏

Answer 45

color / face yán 颜

Question 46

反

Answer 46

in reverse / counter_ fǎn

Question 47

映

Answer 47

mirror / X reflects Y yìng

Question 48

性

Answer 48

nature / sex xìng

Question 49

格

Answer 49

pattern / style gé

Question 50

表

Answer 50

surface / form / X shows Y biǎo

Question 51

示

Answer 51

X shows Y shì

Question 52

禮

Answer 52

ceremony / courtesy lǐ 礼

Question 53

貌

Answer 53

appearance mào

Question 54

方

Answer 54

way / region / side fāng

Question 55

式

Answer 55

style / pattern shì

Question 56

與

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and / X gives Y to Z yǔ 与

Question 57

西

Answer 57

west xī

Question 58

區

Answer 58

district / X classifies Y into Z qū 区

Question 59

別

Answer 59

distinction / other _ bié

Question 60

較

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fairly _ / X compares to Y jiào 较

Question 61

例

Answer 61

example / instance / case / rule lì

Question 62

親

Answer 62

dear / intimate / oneself / parent(s) qīn 亲

Question 63

近

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X is near Y / intimate jìn

Question 64

之

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this / (Pronoun) / _ of _ zhī

Question 65

互

Answer 65

each other hù

Question 66

相

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[a] each other / [b] looks / appearance [a] xiāng / [b] xiàng

Question 67

幫

Answer 67

X helps Y bāng 帮

Question 68

助

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help zhù

Question 69

候

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time / X waits hoù

Question 70

必

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certainly / necessarily / X must VERB bì

Question 71

謝

Answer 71

X thanks Y xiè 谢

Question 72

農

Answer 72

agriculture / farmer nóng 农

Question 73

村

Answer 73

village cūn

Question 74

種

Answer 74

[a] kind / sort / seed / [b] X grows / plants / cultivates Y [a] zhǒng / [b] zhòng 种

Question 75

慣

Answer 75

X is accustomed / used toto Y guàn 惯

Question 76

收

Answer 76

X receives Y shōu

Question 77

訪

Answer 77

X visits / calls on Y fǎng 访

Question 78

客

Answer 78

guest kè

Question 79

贈

Answer 79

X presents a gift to Y zèng 赠

Question 80

送

Answer 80

X gives Y Z / accompanies Y sòng

Question 81

物

Answer 81

thing / matter wù

Question 82

以

Answer 82

so as to / X uses / takes Y yǐ

Question 83

般

Answer 83

sort bān

Question 84

著

Answer 84

[a] (Progressive Marker) / [b] X touches / burns Y [a] -zhe / [b] zháo 着

Question 85

看

Answer 85

X sees / looks at / reads / visits Y kàn

Question 86

否

Answer 86

X negates / denies fǒu

Question 87

則

Answer 87

standard / rule / if X then Y zé 则

Question 88

會

Answer 88

[a] meeting / union / X & X’ meet / X can VERB / [b] – (Compound reading) [a] huì / [b] kuài 会

Question 89

被

Answer 89

quilt / by _ [Passive Marker] bèi

Question 90

笑

Answer 90

X laughs (at Y) / smiles xiào

Question 91

話

Answer 91

word / talk huà 话

Question 92

議

Answer 92

opinion / X discusses Y yì 议

Question 93

論

Answer 93

view / theory / X discusses Y lún 论

Question 94

感

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X feels / senses Y / is affected / moved gǎn

Question 95

冒

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X gives off / risks Y mào

Question 96

燒

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X burns / runs a fever shāo 烧

Question 97

肚

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abdomen dù

Question 98

舒

Answer 98

X stretches / is leisurely shū

Question 99

頭

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head / chief / [Noun Suffix] tóu 头

Question 100

疼

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X is fond of Y / aches téng

Question 101

死

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to death / X dies sǐ

Question 102

醫

Answer 102

medical science / doctor yī 医

Question 103

院

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(court)yard / public or gov’t building yuàn

Question 104

檢

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X inspects / examines Y jiǎn 检

Question 105

查

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X checks / looks into Y chá

Question 106

夫

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man / husband fū

Question 107

講

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X says / explains Y jiǎng 讲

Question 108

病

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disease / X is ill bìng

Question 109

並

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moreover / and / [Emphatic particle] bìng 并

Question 110

太

Answer 110

remotest / extremely / too _ tài

Question 111

厲

Answer 111

is strict lì 厉

Question 112

害

Answer 112

evil / harm / calamity hài

Question 113

付

Answer 113

【Measure Word: facial expressions [also 副] 】/ X pays Y Z fù

Question 114

湯

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hot water / soup tāng 汤

Question 115

藥

Answer 115

medicine yào 药

Question 116

因

Answer 116

reason / because of _ yīn

Question 117

為

Answer 117

[a] X is / does / becomes / acts as Y / [b] for _ [a] wéi / [b] wèi 为

Question 118

積

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X stores up Y / is long-standing jī 积

Question 119

極

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pole / extremity / extremely jí 极

Question 120

參

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X joins Y cān 参

Question 121

加

Answer 121

X adds Y to Z / increases Y jiā

Question 122

體

Answer 122

body / personally (do _) tǐ 体

Question 123

育

Answer 123

X rears / educates Y yù

Question 124

鍛

Answer 124

X forges Y duàn 锻

Question 125

煉

Answer 125

X smelts / refines Y liàn 炼

Question 126

冬

Answer 126

winter dōng

Question 127

滑

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X slides (on Y) / is smooth huá

Question 128

冰

Answer 128

ice bīng

Question 129

夏

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summer xià

Question 130

河

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river / [specif.:] the Yellow River hé

Question 131

裏 ／ 裡

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inside / in _ lǐ 里 [also:] Chinese mile, 500m

Question 132

泳

Answer 132

X swims yǒng

Question 133

春

Answer 133

spring chūn

Question 134

秋

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autumn qiū

Question 135

季

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season jì

Question 136

踢

Answer 136

X kicks Y / plays (football) tī

Question 137

足

Answer 137

foot zú

Question 138

球

Answer 138

ball / globe qiú

Question 139

排

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row / X arranges Y (in a row) pái

Question 140

所

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place /【MW】 suǒ

Question 141

身

Answer 141

body / life shēn

Question 142

挺

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very _ / X sticks out / straightens up tǐng

Question 143

健

Answer 143

X strengthens Y / is healthy jiàn

Question 144

康

Answer 144

health kāng

Question 145

錶

Answer 145

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