Lesson 9

Question 1

方

Answer 1

fāng

square; region, quarter; method, technique, prescription; (as adverb) just then, at that moment; only then

Question 2

牆

Answer 2

qiáng

wall

Question 3

義

Answer 3

yì

right, duty, justice, propriety: (as stative verb) be right, in accordance with duty, justice, or propriety

Question 4

盜

Answer 4

dào

thief, robber; (as verb) to steal

Question 5

光

Answer 5

guāng

light, radiance

Question 6

弓

Answer 6

gōng

bow

Question 7

令

Answer 7

lìng

command, ordinance; (as verb) to command or cause (someone to do something) (like 使)

Question 8

暮

Answer 8

mù

sundown

Question 9

財

Answer 9

cái

wealth

Question 10

物

Answer 10

wù

thing (physical object), creature

Question 11

公

Answer 11

gōng

impartiality, (something) open, public, common; sire, lord (also used as a polite form of address); a feudal rank conventionally translated as ‘duke’; also a title commonly used in the posthumous names of feudal lords in the Eastern Zhou period

Question 12

鄉

Answer 12

xiāng

(native) place, (local) area

Question 13

夜

Answer 13

yè

night

Question 14

頭

Answer 14

tóu

head

Question 15

果

Answer 15

guǒ

fruit; result; (as verb) to bear fruit, come to fruition, be realised; (as adverb) really or actually (did turn out as expected); sure enough

Question 16

嘗

Answer 16

cháng

to taste, try; (preceding a verb or verb phrase) have once (done something), have the experience of (doing something)

Question 17

謂

Answer 17

wèi

to refer to … as …; say to (someone)

Question 18

及

Answer 18

jí

to reach to, extend to; be in time to…; (as coverb) and, with (similar to 與)

Question 19

疑

Answer 19

yí

to suspect, doubt, be suspicious of

Question 20

肯

Answer 20

kěn

be willing to

Question 21

若

Answer 21

ruò

be like; (as movable adverb) if; (as pronoun) you (不若 = 不如)

Question 22

遺

Answer 22

yí

to lose, leave behind, abandon, bequeath; (as adjunct) (something) wrong, missed; (something bequeathed)

Question 23

云

Answer 23

yún

to say (indirect quote), say it (now also used as a simplified form of 雲 = cloud)

Question 24

誅

Answer 24

zhū

to punish, execute, kill

Question 25

察

Answer 25

chá

to examine closely, scrutinise, investigate

Question 26

棄

Answer 26

qì

to discard, cast aside

Question 27

顧

Answer 27

gù

to turn the head to look at, pay heed to

Question 28

思

Answer 28

sī

to think, ponder, think longingly of, miss

Question 29

教

Answer 29

jiāo

to teach; (as noun, read jiào) teachings

Question 30

憂

Answer 30

yōu

be sad, sorrowful

Question 31

賢

Answer 31

xián

be wise, capable

Question 32

富

Answer 32

fù

be wealthy

Question 33

智 (often written as 知 in early texts)

Answer 33

zhì

be intelligent, wise, perspicacious; (as noun) intelligence

Question 34

愚

Answer 34

yú

be stupid, ignorant, foolish

Question 35

高

Answer 35

gāo

be high, tall

Question 36

急

Answer 36

jí

be quick, hurried, urgent, anxious, in distress

Question 37

貴

Answer 37

guì

be valued, noble, exalted, precious

Question 38

信

Answer 38

xìn

be true, trustworthy, take to be true, believe

Question 39

奚

Answer 39

xī

what, how (same as 何)

Question 40

安

Answer 40

ān

where, how

Question 41

如之何

Answer 41

rú zhī hé

‘What is to be done about it?’

Question 42

仲尼

Answer 42

zhòng ní

another name for Confucius